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Museum of London

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1139250 .
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Description

Museum of London tells the story of one of the world's greatest cities and its people. As the single most important source of knowledge on the capital, the Museum is, uniquely, a national, regional and local organisation. With over a million items in its collection, it is the largest social history Museum in the world.

Also known as

  • Mol
  • Museum of London
  • Museum of London
  • Museum of London Docklands

CCEW Charity number

1139250

Registered

Postcode

EC2Y 5HN

Website

museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london

Domain

museumoflondon.org.uk

Latest income

£61,132,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Museums, zoos, parks, historical sites and similar institutions A12

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Heritage HR » History HR103
  • Heritage HR » Museum HR105

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

  • Regional

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2010-12-02 Registered as a charity
2012-03-31 25,793,000 27,335,000
2013-03-31 19,827,000 22,448,000
2014-03-31 20,797,000 22,479,000
2015-03-31 19,922,000 22,303,000
2016-03-31 21,163,000 23,253,000
2017-03-31 22,157,000 25,320,000
2018-03-31 25,491,000 28,876,000
2019-03-31 32,466,000 36,671,000
2020-03-31 37,951,000 41,303,000
2021-03-31 36,250,000 39,441,000
2022-03-31 49,353,000 46,851,000
2023-03-31 61,132,000 57,514,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 263 244
Employees paid more than £60,000 16 17
Volunteers 328 283
Trustees 18
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 17.0 16.0
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 17.0 16.0
Income from charitable activities 0.4 0.1
Income from other trading activities 2.0 1.6
Income from investments 0.2 0.1
Other income 41.5 31.5
Total 61.1 49.4
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 3.0 2.8
Spending on raising funds 3.0 2.8
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 23.3 21.3
Charitable activities 23.3 21.3
Other spending 31.2 22.8
Total 57.5 46.9
Net income / (expenditure) 3.6 2.5

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 27.6 30.4
Investment assets 3.9 4.0
31.6 34.4
Current assets
Current investment assets 4.0 -
Cash 25.6 22.5
Other current assets 13.2 7.2
42.9 29.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (10.3) (7.5)
Net current assets 32.6 22.3
Total assets less current liabilities 64.2 56.6
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (5.2) (5.7)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 58.9 50.9
Defined benefit pension scheme (5.4) (54.4)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 53.5 (3.5)
Funds
Endowment funds 2.0 2.1
Restricted funds 29.7 18.9
Unrestricted funds 21.8 (24.4)
53.5 (3.5)

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 51,436,000 37,080,000
Government grants as % of total income 84.1% 75.1%
Number of government grants 4 5

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Grants received

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Received 28 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities
£1,000,000
2 years
Grant to Museum of London
Garfield Weston Foundation
Museums & Heritage
£5,000,000 Major Grants award
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
National Portfolio Organisations
£1,120,240 National Portfolio Organisations
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
National Portfolio Organisations
£249,325 National Portfolio Organisations
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities
£0 Grant to Museum of London Docklands
Greater London Authority
Museum of London dementia project
£100,000
2 years
Museum of London dementia project
Sep 2018 to Sep 2020
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants
£10,000,000 Grant to Museum of London
Arts Council England
National portfolio organisation
£1,100,000
11 months
NPO 2018-22: Band 3
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019
Arts Council England
National portfolio organisation- sector support
£244,820
11 months
NPO 2018-22: Band SSO
Apr 2018 to Mar 2019
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
National Portfolio Organisations
£1,120,240 National Portfolio Organisations

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Museum of London

GB-CHC-1139250

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-04-27

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