THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM

Registered charity 310288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM OF ART

Provision and operation of museum of fine and decorative arts with at its heart the collection of Sir William Holburne. The Holburne Museum stages international exhibitions and other projects involving fine and decorative arts of all periods and is admired for its dynamic displays, vibrant learning and community engagement programme and innovative interpretation.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 45% to £3,732,963, driven largely by restricted funds for the completed Schroder Gallery project. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £2,165,470, which the charity considers sufficient to cover 3-6 months of running costs, while total net assets rose to £15.3 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bloomberg Philanthropies — “This website has been developed with support from Bloomberg Philanthopies through the Digital Accelerator Programme.” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Public Funders The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust — “Trusts and Foundations The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM TRUST COMPANY

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND.

• KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND income £218k
• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST income £12.6m
• THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETIES income £1.9m
• SHERBORNE HOUSE TRUST 2018 income £5.6m
• LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED income £19.9m

Side by side with its peers

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