THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM

Registered charity 1071167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

1998

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£2.3m

Cost of raising funds

£471k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Susan Linda Hoyle OBEchair
Andrew James McIntyre
Christopher Richard Dumas · trustee of 2 other charities
Claire Jeffers
Edward Stuart Humphrey
Francesca Filippini Pinto · trustee of 1 other charity
Grayson Perry CBE
Lord Simon Russell
Michael Desmond Crossan
Ronald Gould

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.0m	£2.3m
31/03/2024	£6.5m	£2.4m
31/03/2023	£2.1m	£2.1m
31/03/2022	£1.7m	£1.9m
31/03/2021	£2.2m	£1.5m

Common questions

Who funds THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM as a grant recipient include The Ethos Foundation, THE FOYLE FOUNDATION, THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE HEADLEY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
The Ethos Foundation	FY2023	£500k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£500k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£325k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£237k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2024	£225k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2024	£225k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
The Ethos Foundation	FY2024	£10k
THE CADOGAN CHARITY	FY2023	£10k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND	FY2023	£7k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND	FY2023	£5k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE I S A CHARITY	FY2024	£3k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	FY2023	£288
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£50
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/03/2023	£244k	"Securing the Foundling Museum: Building Resilience for a Long Term Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/08/2020	£249k	"COVID19:FOUNDLING MUSEUM"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/07/2015	£10k	"The Fallen Woman"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/10/2013	£60k	"Foundlings at War"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/06/2013	£10k	"Maximising Membership Scheme Income"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/09/2008	£322k	"Foundling Lives: Foundling Hospital pupils' oral history project"