NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES MUSEUM

Registered charity 1161866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in the history and development of the national emergency services by the establishment and maintenance of museums and the creation of a national archive.- To manage and run a museum or museums in accordance with the below objects- To preserve the history and heritage of the Emergency Services- To use its collection to teach vital life safety through

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MUSEUMS AND THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL ARCHIVE.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a negative unrestricted funds balance of £15,154, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £47,412. The trustees confirm the organization is a going concern, citing a recovery trend expected to continue into the 2026 financial year despite ongoing sector pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID MADDENchair
• ALISTAIR JOHN GUNN
• Adam Gary Christopher Layland
• Christopher Charles Kirby
• DALE RUTHERFORD
• JOHN ROBERTS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lauren Poultney · trustee of 2 other charities
• MATTHEW CRAIG DENIS WAKEFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Paddey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sibia Akhtar

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION.

• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £3.6m
• NATIONAL JUSTICE MUSEUM income £1.8m
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m
• ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM income £748k
• Bexhill Museum income £322k

Side by side with its peers

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