NML FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1150493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NMLF

To advance, in a manner which the trustees see fit, the charitable objects of The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM), and to advance the education of the public throughout the world in any manner conducive to, and compatible with the charitable objects of NMGM, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in particular by widening participation in charitable education.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £366,519 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted fund balances from £8,907,733 to £8,541,214. The trustees maintain that the level of reserves held is sufficient to enable the charity to continue its current activities, and the independent auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DSG Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROF PHIL REDMOND CBEchair
• ANTHONY MICHAEL BAYLISS · trustee of 4 other charities
• Dr Nicola Jayne Thorp
• MARK RUPERT FEENY · trustee of 6 other charities
• Roger Nelson Phillips
• Sir David Henshaw

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH FOUNDATION.

• ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH FOUNDATION income £492k
• MERSEY CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY income £123k
• THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST income £10.4m
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
• THE NATIONAL GALLERY TRUST income £8.4m
• The SVH Foundation income £3.2m

Side by side with its peers

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