QUEER BRITAIN MUSEUM LTD

Registered charity 1180240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose is to establish and operate a museum, for the benefit of the public and primarily focused on the education of LGBTQI issues including:(1) The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation ofreligious or racial harmony or equality and diversity;(2) The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science; and(3) The advancement of education.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MUSEUM AND COLLECTIONS FOCUSED ON BRITISH LGBTQ+ HISTORY AND CULTURE.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £90,578 for the financial year, resulting in a decrease in total net funds to £128,953. The trustees acknowledge this outcome reflects a degree of financial vulnerability but confirm the charity remains financially sound and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Queer Britain (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• East Side Studio — “SUPPORTED BY EAST SIDE STUDIO / ALLIANZ / CATHERINE AHN” (source page)
• Allianz — “SUPPORTED BY EAST SIDE STUDIO / ALLIANZ / CATHERINE AHN” (source page)
• James Cowper Kreston Foundation — “James Cowper Kreston Foundation” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund — “Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund” (source page)
• Dr Martens Foundation — “Dr Martens Foundation” (source page)
• Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants — “Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants” (source page)
• London Museum Development Fund — “London Museum Development Fund” (source page)
• Clothworkers Foundation — “Clothworkers Foundation” (source page)
• Rick Mather and David Scrase Foundation — “Rick Mather and David Scrase Foundation” (source page)
• Institute of Conservation — “Institute of Conservation” (source page)
• Chris Graham Bell Trust — “Chris Graham Bell Trust” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anjum Farnaz Mouj
• Anthony Wayne Snow
• Dan Vo
• Emma Lilian Ann House
• Krishna Omkar
• LISA POWER MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Andrew Holland
• Richard Craig Duncalf OBE
• Sir Nicholas Partridge
• Tara Borna
• Xavier White

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES MUSEUM.

• NATIONAL EMERGENCY SERVICES MUSEUM income £287k
• BRITISH MUSLIM HERITAGE CENTRE income £1.7m
• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• LGB ALLIANCE income £383k
• DOVEDALE income £736k
• forum+ income £138k

Side by side with its peers

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