TRANSPORT MUSEUM WYTHALL

Registered charity 1167872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAMMOT, BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND MOTOR OMNIBUS TRUST

Development, operation & promotion of a transport museum. Displaying buses, coaches, battery electric vehicles & fire engines, on-going restoration programmes, undertakes research into aspects of public transport industry & assist others to do similar. Educational information/displays for general public, including school children.

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Latest income
£334k
Latest spending
£343k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net movement in funds of £54,671, resulting in total funds carried forward of £1,118,700. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £91,460.38 are well within expectations and pose no risk for the coming year. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£334k£343k
31/12/2023£272k£360k
31/12/2022£270k£318k
31/12/2021£307k£225k
31/12/2020£144k£123k

Common questions

Is TRANSPORT MUSEUM WYTHALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net movement in funds of £54,671, resulting in total funds carried forward of £1,118,700. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £91,460.38 are well within expectations and pose no risk for the coming year. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TRANSPORT MUSEUM WYTHALL?

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

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMSFY2023£300AIM Training Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government02/07/2024£57kCommunity Ownership Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/06/2020£17k"COVID19: The Transport Museum, Wythall"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS1£639k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£130k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£750

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASTON MANOR ROAD TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRANSPORT MUSEUM WYTHALL£334k—0unclear—no doubt
ASTON MANOR ROAD TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£143k—0below—no doubt
THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED FY2024£273k—0within—no doubt
SOUTH YORKSHIRE TRANSPORT MUSEUM LTD FY2025£108k—0above—no doubt
THE THAMES VALLEY AND GREAT WESTERN OMNIBUS TRUST FY2025£171k—0above—no doubt
SANDTOFT TRANSPORT CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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