YORK ARMY MUSEUM

Registered charity 1160291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YAM

The charity aims to educate the public and members of The Regiments in the history and military accomplishments of The Regiments and encourage recruitment by public exhibition of the Collection and to add to, conserve, restore, repair, reconstruct and preserve objects in the Collection. And to promote military efficiency.

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

Latest income

£166k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £24,399 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds carried forward at £84,199. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that visitor numbers exceeded 25,000 and digital engagement continued to increase. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds fixed asset investments valued at £36,837.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants receivable (30% of income)

“Grants receivable 17,361” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — York Army Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Colonel Stephen Padgett OBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
COL NICHOLAS MILLEN OBE
COLONEL NIGEL RHODES · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£166k	£140k
31/03/2024	£127k	£126k
31/03/2023	£108k	£105k
31/03/2022	£152k	£127k
31/03/2021	£113k	£111k

Common questions

Is YORK ARMY MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £24,399 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds carried forward at £84,199. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, noting that visitor numbers exceeded 25,000 and digital engagement continued to increase. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds fixed asset investments valued at £36,837. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YORK ARMY MUSEUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORK ARMY MUSEUM as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	FY2022	£540	The preservation of artefacts exhumed with the remains of two WW1 soldiers of the West Yorkshire Regiment killed in action in France in April 1918. The project’

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	03/06/2020	£2k	VSCE CMC Fund