CORPS OF ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM

Registered charity 272740 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R E M E MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY

To preserve the heritage of the Corps of REME and to make it available for the education of the public and the Armed Services. To assist the public in appropriate military historical research.

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Latest income
£567k
Latest spending
£590k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,673 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,070,045 to £2,047,372. The trustees note that the Museum is dependent on MOD support for staff wages and building infrastructure, and that the Museum Fund is underwritten by The REME Charity. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£567k
Total spending
£590k
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£50k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£567k£590k
31/12/2024£727k£547k
31/12/2023£528k£488k
31/12/2022£536k£1.2m
31/12/2021£443k£461k

Common questions

Is CORPS OF ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,673 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,070,045 to £2,047,372. The trustees note that the Museum is dependent on MOD support for staff wages and building infrastructure, and that the Museum Fund is underwritten by The REME Charity. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/01/2024£124k""An astonishing feat": the incredible bravery of Adam Miller"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/02/2004£27k"Poperinghe Guardroom"

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 THE REME CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CORPS OF ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM£567k0aboveno doubt
THE REME CHARITY FY2024£3.1m£60,001 - £70,0001aboveno doubt
WARRANT OFFICERS' & SERGEANTS' MESS SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERS FY2024£171k0unclearno doubt
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND FY2025£218k0unclearno doubt
ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM FY2024£825k0aboveno doubt
ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION FY2024£1.7maboveno doubt

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