NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL TRUST

Registered charity 1067884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL, NMMC

To maintain and develop a museum to advance knowledge and promote an understanding of both small boats and their place in people's lives, and the maritime heritage of Cornwall.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total group reserves decreased to £25,677,660 from £26,712,864 in the prior year, driven by a net expenditure of £1,035,204. Unrestricted funds stood at £4,089,214, while free reserves (excluding fixed assets) were in deficit by £272,145. The Trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Maritime Museum Cornwall Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Trusts and Foundations Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “Stakeholders Arts Council England” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~16.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (47% 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: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Patrick John Newberrychair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Coralie Green
• Dame Shan Morgan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Jo Esra
• Margaret Ellen Winser
• Michael Griffiths
• Michael John Carr
• ROBERT MICHAEL HOLMES
• Sam Hugh D'Aquilar Hunt
• Susan Mary Bradbury

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED.

• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• THE CORNWALL BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST income £150k
• NMRN OPERATIONS income £21.5m
• SS GREAT BRITAIN TRUST income £5.1m
• CORNWALL HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £333k
• NML FOUNDATION income £221k

Side by side with its peers

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