LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS

Registered charity 1185277 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM, LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION

The advancement of public education in the history of transport and assisting and encouraging the work and activities of the London Transport Museum, including work and activity carried out jointly. This is achieved by giving grants to the London Transport Museum; volunteer support; giving our members a quarterly magazine; and by arranging talks and visits to places of transport interest.

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Latest income
£427k
Latest spending
£402k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £24,804 for the year, increasing its total reserves to £789,231. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding cash reserves broadly equivalent to one year’s day-to-day expenditure, a target which the current reserves significantly exceed. The organization remains financially stable with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its 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: one year's day-to-day expenditure (held: £789k)
“The trustees have agreed that cash reserves broadly equivalent to one year’s day-to-day expenditure should normally be maintained in the General Fund” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£427k£402k
31/03/2024£154k£194k
31/03/2023£140k£116k
31/03/2022£212k£171k
31/12/2020£105k£97k

Common questions

Is LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £24,804 for the year, increasing its total reserves to £789,231. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding cash reserves broadly equivalent to one year’s day-to-day expenditure, a target which the current reserves significantly exceed. The organization remains financially stable with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/09/2005£45k"Q Stock Restoration"

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM FRIENDS£427k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£19.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE EAST ANGLIA TRANSPORT MUSEUM SOCIETY LIMITED FY2024£273k—0within—no doubt
ASTON MANOR ROAD TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£143k—0below—no doubt
MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY FY2025£19.4m——below—no doubt
THE LONDON BUS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2024£398k—0unclear—no doubt

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