THE PORTSMOUTH D-DAY MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 1156976 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE D-DAY STORY TO THE PUBLIC

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION, ASSISTANCE, AND IMPROVEMENT OF PORTSMOUTH D-DAY MUSEUM AND ITS RELATED ACTIVITIES AND OF HISTORIC SITES AND OTHER AREAS OF CULTURAL INTEREST RELATING TO THE D-DAY STORY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£55k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £59,113 at the end of the financial year, having started with £54,253. The trustees confirm the charity has no premises or other liabilities that would require a contingency fund.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (55% of income)

“grants totalling £30,000 from Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, the Wates Family Enterprise Trust and the Garfield Western Trust.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Marc Hanson is Chair; charity contributes to Portsmouth City Council (PCC) which operates the D-Day Story museum. The accounts state contributions to PCC were made.

“Total expenditure of £49,752 was incurred in the year which consisted of contributions to Portsmouth City Council of £20,001 towards the publication of the D-Day in 80 Objects book”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Marc Hansonchair
Admiral Jeremy Bailey
Dr Sam Robert Edwards
Emma Amy Judd
Professor Anne Louise Murphy
ROGER PATRICK CHING
Timothy Rusby

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£55k	£50k
31/03/2024	£15k	£11k
31/03/2023	£9k	£37k
31/03/2022	£39k	£0
31/03/2021	£13k	£100k

Common questions

Is THE PORTSMOUTH D-DAY MUSEUM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £59,113 at the end of the financial year, having started with £54,253. The trustees confirm the charity has no premises or other liabilities that would require a contingency fund. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	18/01/2024	£240k	"Discovering Hampshire's Hidden D-Day Heritage: a community project to map and record the camps and the men who stayed in them in the run up"