THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1096944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust through a Museum and associated activities connects the public with its Army by telling the story of The Staffordshire Regiment, its forebears and successors, and their impact on world history and modern society.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£133k
Latest spending
£160k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £418,871, with free reserves of £367,517, which exceed the trustees' stated target range of approximately £100,000. The charity reported total income of £133,358 against charitable expenditure of £144,136, resulting in a net decrease in funds for the year. The trustees note that the museum building is too small to further develop operations significantly, limiting its ability to be financially self-sustaining without the MOD Grant-in-Aid.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: c.£100,000 (held: £368k)
The target range for free reserves in the current financial year is c.£100,000 — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£133k£160k
31/03/2024£135k£147k
31/03/2023£155k£113k
31/03/2022£199k£101k
31/03/2021£53k£90k

Common questions

Is THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT MUSEUM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £418,871, with free reserves of £367,517, which exceed the trustees' stated target range of approximately £100,000. The charity reported total income of £133,358 against charitable expenditure of £144,136, resulting in a net decrease in funds for the year. The trustees note that the museum building is too small to further develop operations significantly, limiting its ability to be financially self-sustaining without the MOD Grant-in-Aid. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/07/2018£10k"St Quentin Canal"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/04/2016£10k"Forward North Staffords - Cecil Wedgwood and the Wedgwood 168"
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2008£4kInspiring Bravery- Staffordshire's VC Winners
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2004£3kLoan Boxes & WW2 Booklet

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT MUSEUM TRUST£133k0aboveno doubt
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND FY2025£218k0unclearno doubt
BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST FY2025£12.6mabovenoted
SHARPE'S POTTERY HERITAGE AND ARTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£143k0unclearno doubt
ADJUTANT GENERALS CORPS MUSEUM TRUST FY2025£120k0unclearno doubt
THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£2.5m£90,000 - £99,9991belowno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.