MUSEUM OF LONDON

Registered charity 1139250 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON MUSEUM, MOL

Latest income

£128.5m

Latest spending

£26.8m

Registered

2010

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

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

Total income

£128.5m

Total spending

£26.8m

Cost of raising funds

£2.0m

Reserves (reported)

£6.7m

Employees

267

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Alderman Gregory Jones KC
Alice Black · trustee of 1 other charity
Bridget Banton
Charlotte Twyning
Clive Bannister
David Wormsley
Donya Monique Rose
Elizabeth Susan Corrin
Ijeoma Ekwueme-Okoli
John Foley
Lindsay Herbert
Matthew Bell · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Martinelli CC · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Sir David Cannadine
Samir Patel
Sarah Gillinson
Simon Morris
Simon Robert Levine

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	£128.5m	£26.8m
31/03/2024	£99.7m	£71.9m
31/03/2023	£61.1m	£57.5m
31/03/2022	£49.4m	£46.9m
31/03/2021	£36.3m	£39.4m

Common questions

Who funds MUSEUM OF LONDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MUSEUM OF LONDON as a grant recipient include THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, THE CALLEVA FOUNDATION, THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION	FY2022	£500k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2022	£500k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	FY2023	£150k
THE CALLEVA FOUNDATION	FY2023	£100k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£13k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£13k
THE COMPANY OF ARTS SCHOLARS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£13k
The Goldsmiths' Foundation	FY2023	£10k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k

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	22/05/2018	£10.0m	"We Are London - collections, galleries and people in a new museum at West Smithfield"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/09/2014	£96k	"Beyond Documentary - Experimental Photography in London 1970-2004"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/01/2006	£50k	"Archive Volunteer Learning Programme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/07/2005	£11.6m	"The Galleries of Modern London and Learning Centre Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/09/2004	£713k	"The acquisition of 'Eastward Ho!' and 'Home Again'"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/09/2004	£161k	"Museum of London Inclusion Programme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/05/2002	£100k	"Acquisition of The Houses of Parliament from Millbank by David Roberts"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/03/2002	£40k	"Community Liaison Post at the Museum of London"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/10/2000	£150k	"London's Voices"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/01/1999	£30k	"Collecting 2000, Museum of London"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/06/1998	£89k	"Rhinebeck Panorama of London - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/11/1997	£28k	"Pilson Toy Collection - Acquisition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/12/1996	£18k	"Egbert Van Heemskerk Painting - Acquisition"