The Museum of the Home

Registered charity 803052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Museum of the Home, THE GEFFRYE MUSEUM TRUST

The Museum of the Home explores the theme of home through galleries, rooms through time and gardens, special exhibitions, learning programmes and community engagement activities. Formerly known as the Geffyre Museum, it is housed in the 300-year old Geffrye Almshouse buildings in Hackney,and encourages people from London's diverse communities to learn about home - a theme common to everyone.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Museum ended the financial year with a net deficit of £1,041,757, primarily driven by a £995,000 actuarial loss on its defined benefit pension scheme. Despite this, the trustees report that free reserves remained at £250,000, which is in line with the charity's stated policy target of maintaining at least six weeks' operating expenses. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the Museum's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by The Comptroller and Auditor General. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £80,000 - £85,000 (FY2024) to £90,000-95,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Founding donors Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• The Sackler Trust — “Founding donors Garfield Weston Foundation The Sackler Trust” (source page)
• The Wolfson Foundation — “Founding donors Garfield Weston Foundation The Sackler Trust The Wolfson Foundation” (source page)
• GRoW @ Annenberg — “Major donors GRoW @ Annenberg” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “Major donors GRoW @ Annenberg Arts Council England” (source page)
• City Bridge Trust — “Major donors GRoW @ Annenberg Arts Council England City Bridge Trust” (source page)
• DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund — “Major donors GRoW @ Annenberg Arts Council England City Bridge Trust DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund” (source page)
• Foyle Foundation — “Major donors GRoW @ Annenberg Arts Council England City Bridge Trust DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund Foyle Foundation” (source page)
• Headley Trust — “Major donors GRoW @ Annenberg Arts Council England City Bridge Trust DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund Foyle Foundation He…” (source page)
• Loveday Charitable Trust — “Major donors GRoW @ Annenberg Arts Council England City Bridge Trust DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund Foyle Foundation He…” (source page)
• Swire Charitable Trust — “Major donors GRoW @ Annenberg Arts Council England City Bridge Trust DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund Foyle Foundation He…” (source page)
• 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust — “And our many other supporters 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 24.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alain Clapham
• Alexander David Ely
• Arthur Guy Louis Jackson Kay
• Caroline Ann Tuke Stoddart
• Charles Mark Townshend Colville
• Janet Chapman
• Jonas James Breton
• Katherine Eleanor Mackenzie Hudson
• Kurt Christopher Mueller
• Rajvi Kantaria
• Rania Nur
• Rose Mary Hulse
• Sir Edward John Watson Gieve

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST.

• SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST income £2.9m
• MUSEUM OF HOMELESSNESS income £314k
• HFHGB (HOMES) income £113k
• THE FREUD MUSEUM LONDON income £797k
• THE JEWISH MUSEUM LONDON income £848k
• NATIONAL JUSTICE MUSEUM income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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