THE PEACE MUSEUM

Registered charity 1061102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Peace Museum, in its galleries and travelling exhibitions, tells the stories of peace, peacemakers and the peace movement. Using its collection of over 16,000 artefacts, it engages in educational outreach and promotes peace and justice locally, nationally and internationally through its work with schools, community groups, peace organisations and other peace museums throughout the world.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,037 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following the receipt of Exhibition Tax Relief. Per the trustees' report, total income was £237,195 against total expenditure of £267,439, resulting in an increase in total reserves to £135,842. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernard Aiden Conlon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eleanor Catherine Moreton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ellie Kinney · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joshua Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Ivan Hutnik · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pearl Meredith Irene Johns
• Prathivadi Bhayankaram Anand · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Julian · trustee of 2 other charities
• Richard Michael Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Saoirse Kezia Cowley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Victoria Clifton · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION.

• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• EMPATHY MUSEUM income £339k
• THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £3.6m
• KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND income £218k
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
• The Food Museum income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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