THE NATIONAL HORSERACING MUSEUM

Registered charity 283656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote public interest in the preservation of all articles as are of historical or scientific interest in connection with racehorses and persons connected with racehorses. To enlarge the Museum's network of partnerships within the education, racing industry and museums sector to mutual benefit.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £227,324 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees note a slow decline in admissions, making the museum more dependent on donations and grants, though they maintain a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• The Hon. Frances Stanley DL — Chairman of the Board (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £3.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~109.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% 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: 19.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hon Frances Caroline Stanleychair
• Adam Signy
• David Allan Thorpe · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Hamid Amouzad Khalili
• John Henry Chatfeild-Roberts · trustee of 1 other charity
• Johnny Eddis
• Jonathan Benson
• Michael Sutherill
• Nicholas Edward Francis Luck
• PAUL TAIANO · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TELFORD HORSEHAY STEAM TRUST COMPANY LIMITED.

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Side by side with its peers

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