THE GUARDS MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 278181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educating the public in the traditions of The Guards though visits and events held at the Guards Museum throughout the year.

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Latest income

£751k

Latest spending

£419k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus and holds unrestricted reserves of £1,668,956, which the trustees consider adequate. The trustees note that current reserves would provide for at least four years of trading without revenue, indicating strong financial stability despite mindful awareness of economic risks.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Guards Museum (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£751k

Total spending

£419k

Cost of raising funds

£196k

Reserves (reported)

£1.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~47.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (40% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 26.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION CHARITY CIO

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£751k	£419k
30/09/2024	£370k	£230k
31/12/2023	£540k	£343k
31/12/2022	£283k	£266k
31/12/2021	£196k	£216k

Common questions

Is THE GUARDS MUSEUM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus and holds unrestricted reserves of £1,668,956, which the trustees consider adequate. The trustees note that current reserves would provide for at least four years of trading without revenue, indicating strong financial stability despite mindful awareness of economic risks. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE GUARDS MUSEUM TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GUARDS MUSEUM TRUST as a grant recipient include THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS CHARITY	FY2025	£3k
THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS CHARITY	FY2024	£3k
THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS CHARITY	FY2023	£3k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION LIMITED	1	£1.3m
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£1.0m
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£343k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£300k
THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£21k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND	1	£13k
NICK JENKINS FOUNDATION	1	£5k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GUARDS' CHAPEL TRUST.

GUARDS' CHAPEL TRUST income £398k
THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £2.5m
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND income £218k
ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM income £825k
THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST income £10.4m
HEUGH GUN BATTERY TRUST LIMITED income £174k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GUARDS MUSEUM TRUST	£751k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GUARDS' CHAPEL TRUST FY2025	£398k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE GUNNERSBURY MUSEUM AND PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025	£2.5m	£90,000 - £99,999	1	below	—	no doubt
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND FY2025	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM FY2024	£825k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST FY2025	£10.4m	£120,001 - £130,000	4	unclear	—	no doubt

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