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

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.

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).

Register events

Trustees

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

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?

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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