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Description
The charity advances the charitable objects of the Trustees of the British Museum and culture, heritage, science, education and the arts for public benefit throughout the world in any manner incidental, conducive to or compatible with the charitable objects of the Trustees of the British Museum. The Charity achieves this object through the award of grants. It is independent of the British Museum.
Also known as
- The British Museum Trust Limited
- British Museum
- The British Museum
- British Museum Development Trust
- British Museum, The
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
WC1B 3DG
Domain
britishmuseum.org
Latest income
£7,509,242 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- Twitter: @britishmuseum
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1140844 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
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.
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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.
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Arts
AR -
Charitable activities
CA» Grant makingCA200 -
Education
ED -
Heritage
HR -
Heritage
HR» MuseumHR105 -
Research
RS» ScienceRS103
Theme (CCEW)
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Arts/culture/heritage/science
109
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-21 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2012-03-31 | 43,187,493 | 86,167 |
| 2013-03-31 | 37,963,209 | 76,102 |
| 2014-03-31 | 18,291,058 | 10,112,014 |
| 2015-03-31 | 12,020,883 | 10,224,112 |
| 2016-03-31 | 13,503,179 | 3,080,570 |
| 2017-03-31 | 12,008,697 | 3,124,285 |
| 2018-03-31 | 10,700,762 | 58,615 |
| 2019-03-31 | 7,901,782 | 4,024,003 |
| 2020-03-31 | 21,480,898 | 53,111 |
| 2021-03-31 | 721 | 7,260,324 |
| 2022-03-31 | 158 | 5,048,494 |
| 2023-03-31 | 7,509,242 | 1,080,277 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
||
|---|---|---|
| Employees | - | |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | |
| Volunteers | - | |
| Trustees | 5 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
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 |
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 7.5 | |
| Legacies | 0.0 | |
| Endowments | - | |
| Donations and legacies | 7.5 | |
| Income from charitable activities | - | |
| Income from other trading activities | - | |
| Income from investments | 0.0 | |
| Other income | - | |
| Total | 7.5 | |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 0.9 | |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | |
| Spending on raising funds | 0.9 | |
| Grants to institutions | 0.1 | |
| Other charitable activities | 0.0 | |
| Charitable activities | 0.2 | |
| Other spending | - | |
| Total | 1.1 | |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 6.4 | |
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 |
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | - | |
| Investment assets | 170.8 | |
| 170.8 | ||
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | |
| Cash | 0.2 | |
| Other current assets | 3.0 | |
| 3.2 | ||
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (0.4) | |
| Net current assets | 2.8 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 173.6 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | |
| Net assets | 173.6 | |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | |
| Restricted funds | 173.2 | |
| Unrestricted funds | 0.4 | |
| 173.6 | ||
According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available).
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHK Foundation | £1,500 | CHK Discretionary Grant | ||
|
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Foundation Small Grant |
£4,250 | Grant to British Museum | ||
| CHK Foundation | £1,500 | CHK Discretionary Grant | ||
|
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Daiwa Foundation Small Grant |
£4,000 | Grant to British Museum | ||
| CHK Foundation | £1,500 | CHK Discretionary Grant | ||
|
John Lyon's Charity
Main Grant |
£81,000
3 years |
Main grant to British Museum
Sep 2020 to Sep 2023 |
||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£15,000
1 year |
Grant to The British Museum | ||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£15,000
6 months |
Grant to The British Museum | ||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£124,091
3 years |
Grant to The British Museum | ||
| Woodward Charitable Trust |
£2,000
Mar 2000 |
Burma Exhibition
Mar 2000 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- CHK Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- John Lyon's Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Woodward Charitable Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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