THE MUSEUM OF MILITARY MEDICINE TRUST

Registered charity 1171026 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARMY MEDICAL SERCVICES MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF MILITARY MEDICINE

Inform and encourage the engagement of the public and armed forces personnel, including members of the Army Medical Services (AMS), in the role of the AMS in pioneering medical developments and innovations, in particular those that have subsequently been adopted into civilian healthcare practice, to the benefit of the health and wellbeing of the British public at large and humankind in general.

Objects

The Objects of the CIO shall be to:(a) Inform and encourage the engagement of the public and armed forces personnel, including members of the Army Medical Services (AMS),(i) in the role of the AMS in pioneering medical developments and innovations, in particular those that have subsequently been adopted into civilian healthcare practice, to the benefit of the health and wellbeing of the British public at large and humankind in general;(ii) explaining how the AMS provides immediate help and subsequent care for sick and wounded military personnel in both peace and war;(iii) In the advancement of research and care to wider populations at risk who are cared for by the AMS when employed on humanitarian operations;(iv) explaining how the AMS provides support both nationally and internationally in support of health and wellbeing, natural disaster relief and epidemic control(b) Promote and celebrate the heritage of the AMS and dedication of its personnel in serving the sick and wounded (both human and animals) by public exhibition and multi-media display of its artefact collections or archives in a museum or museums or other such public spaces and by the dissemination by any media of information concerning its past and future activities including (but without limitation) those described in paragraph (a) above, as the trustees may from time to time decide.(c) Promote teaching and learning about past developments, current technologies and future innovations in Military Medicine in all aspects through shared experience, world-class research, exhibitions, and through programming and demonstrations for the sustainment of the health and wellbeing for all that come under our care.(d) Sharing the expertise of the AMS in emergency and disaster medicine by supporting, promoting and collaborating in the advancement of education and research into emergency and disaster medicine and other medical and related topics by such arrangements as the trustees think fit with hospitals, universities, scientific institutions and cognate bodies concerned with the health and well-being of the general public.

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

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Latest income
£460k
Latest spending
£206k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £7,697,532, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £15,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £254,129 for the year, supported by general funding and donations, while total reserves rose to £8,911,843. The trustees 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

Reserves policy: approximately £15,000 (held: £7.7m)
“the level of free reserves should be approximately £15,000 which is broadly equivalent to four months ordinary expenditure” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TTCA Ltd. Discloses 5 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£460k£206k
31/03/2024£249k£229k
31/03/2023£236k£287k
31/03/2022£204k£318k
31/03/2021£256k£363k

Common questions

Is THE MUSEUM OF MILITARY MEDICINE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £7,697,532, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £15,000. The charity reported a net income increase of £254,129 for the year, supported by general funding and donations, while total reserves rose to £8,911,843. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TTCA Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/09/2018£8k"Helping the Wounded: the impact of medical developments in WW1 on medical practice today"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/10/2013£8k"Inglorious War - Medicine and the First World War"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/03/2003£292k"Army Medical Services Museum - Redisplay"
UK government—£2.0mFinancial Assistance/Support