ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1147279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q121435638 · also known as THE MARITIME FOUNDATION

The Foundation provides funds to advance, as far as may be exclusively charitable, the education of the public in the sea, ships, time and the stars, and their importance and relationship with people, in particular (but without limitation) by promoting or supporting such of the charitable objects of the National Maritime Museum as the Trustees of Charity shall determine from time to time.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE,IN SO FAR AS MAY BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE,THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SEA,SHIPS,TIME AND THE STARS,AND THEIR IMPORTANCE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE,IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION)BY PROMOTING OR SUPPORTING SUCH OF THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME AND(SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THESE OBJECTS)NO OTHER PURPOSES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Greenwich, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £636,119 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant shift from the net income of £2,489,338 in the prior year. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves remained substantial at £12,422,608, which the Trustees confirm is in line with their established reserves policy. The charity maintains a strong liquidity position with cash assets of £12.63m and confirms it is a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08002287

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HALES, Antony John — director, appointed 04/12/2022on trustee list
• MACAULAY, Alastair Craig — director, appointed 17/03/2021on trustee list
• PENN, Jeremy John Harley — director, appointed 21/03/2018on trustee list
• COSTANTINI, Karen Jane — secretary, appointed 20/03/2023

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair MacAulay
• Antony John Hales
• JEREMY JOHN HARLEY PENN · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GREENWICH FOUNDATION FOR THE OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE.

• THE GREENWICH FOUNDATION FOR THE OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE income £7.2m
• NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL TRUST income £2.4m
• NAUTICAL MUSEUMS TRUST LIMITED income £107k
• ROYAL NAVY MUSEUMS income £19.7m
• THE ROYAL WELSH REGIMENTAL MUSEUM TRUST income £90k
• NANTWICH MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £145k

Side by side with its peers

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