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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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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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Michael George Southgatechair
- Anthony Frederick Dewick
- Barry LeJeune
- David William Martin
- Dr Olivia Carlton OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Elizabeth McKay · trustee of 1 other charity
- Graham Edwin Miller
- Philip Andrew Thrower
- Robert Frank James Mason
- Steven Henry McGunigel
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
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.
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