THE DESIGN MUSEUM

Registered charity 800630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£17.2m
Latest spending
£14.9m
Registered
1989

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£17.2m
Total spending
£14.9m
Cost of raising funds
£5.9m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
191

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£17.2m£14.9m
31/03/2024£12.4m£13.9m
31/03/2023£8.9m£11.8m
31/03/2022£8.2m£11.5m
31/03/2021£10.1m£8.5m

Common questions

Who funds THE DESIGN MUSEUM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DESIGN MUSEUM as a grant recipient include THE CONRAN FOUNDATION, REUBEN FOUNDATION, SWAROVSKI FOUNDATION, JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION, THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/06/2025£267k"Transform: a new vision for the collection gallery"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/09/2010£5.0m"The New Design Museum: Rescuing a modern landmark, widening access to BritainÂ’s primary collection of modern design"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/12/2005£50k"Designing Modern Britain Learning Project"