THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MUSEUM TRUST

Registered charity 299576 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To establish and maintain a museum for the preservation and wider display of the Florence Nightingale collection.

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Latest income

£451k

Latest spending

£453k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted net assets increased to £721,935, exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £375,000 (nine months' operating costs). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £95,872, driven by investment gains, and confirmed it has the resources to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine months' operating costs (approximately £375,000) (held: £722k)

“The Trustees however do believe it is prudent that we maintain a financial position whereby we hold a minimum of nine months’ operating costs (approximately £375,000).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is represented by a Trustee but does not have powers to nominate Trustees.

“The Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is represented by a Trustee, but it does not have powers to nominate Trustees.”

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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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Total income

£528k

Total spending

£580k

Cost of raising funds

£48k

Reserves (reported)

£623k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~12.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Gillian Margaret Webberchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew John Asbury
Charles Michael McLean Hill
Darren James Barker
Donna Curry
JON CARD
Jane Dwelly
Nina Elliot-Newman
Professor Jennifer Kaye Visser-Rogers
Professor Richard Harding-Swale
Reena Patel
Rory van Niekerk

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£451k	£453k
30/09/2024	£528k	£580k
30/09/2023	£467k	£466k
30/09/2022	£354k	£305k
30/09/2021	£967k	£546k

Common questions

Is THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MUSEUM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted net assets increased to £721,935, exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £375,000 (nine months' operating costs). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £95,872, driven by investment gains, and confirmed it has the resources to meet liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/07/2022	£99k	"#DYC From Scutari Hospital to NHS Nightingale: The British Hotel to Seacole Recovery Centres"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/05/2020	£60k	"COVID19 Florence Nightingale Museum"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/05/2019	£99k	"Florence Nightingale Bi-centenary Communities Project - Shining a light on her leadership, achievements and inspiration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/06/2018	£9k	"Nursing Spanish Flu: the silent, indiscriminate killer of millions at the end of WW1"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/02/2013	£69k	"Hospital Under Canvas: Millicent Sutherland's Ambulance in the Great War"
City Bridge Foundation	21/01/2010	£25k	Grant to Florence Nightingale Museum Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/06/2006	£50k	"Nurses' and Patients' Voices: an oral history project."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/02/2006	£11k	"Florence Nightingale Museum Capital Project"