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Sir John Soane's Museum

A Registered Charity based in England

Active Registered Charity (England and Wales)

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GB-CHC-313609
This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-313609 .
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Description

To preserve Nos 12, 13 & 14 Lincoln's Inn Fields and Sir John Soane's collections for present and future generations. To allow free public access to the Museum and collections. To provide education following Soane's intention to develop 'an Academy for the Study of Architecture'. To publicize the Museum's collections as widely as possible through events, exhibitions, catalogues and publications.

Also known as

  • London Borough of Southwark
  • Sir John Soane's Museum
  • Sir John Soane's Museum
  • Sir John Soane's Museum Society
  • Sir John Soane's Museum Trust

CCEW Charity number

313609

Registered

Postcode

WC2A 3BP

Website

soane.org

Latest income

£3,943,668 (on )

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

Sir John Soane's Museum

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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.

Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Sir John Soane's Museum

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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.

  • Arts AR » Media and publishing AR200 » Literature AR202
  • Education ED
  • Heritage HR » Museum HR105

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin 204
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308
  • Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

  • National

Sir John Soane's Museum

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1963-04-18 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 4,257,181 3,507,004
2005-03-31 1,725,039 1,666,688
2006-03-31 1,524,692 1,512,969
2007-03-31 2,275,984 1,326,016
2008-03-31 2,290,535 1,755,116
2009-03-31 2,102,924 1,826,802
2010-03-31 2,430,063 1,974,578
2011-03-31 4,171,888 2,137,393
2012-03-31 3,428,616 2,060,518
2013-03-31 2,461,238 2,372,109
2014-03-31 3,403,963 2,215,717
2015-03-31 2,769,807 2,371,197
2016-03-31 3,906,226 2,490,463
2017-03-31 3,803,647 3,592,567
2018-03-31 2,497,917 2,874,483
2019-03-31 2,874,995 3,121,455
2020-03-31 3,560,165 3,247,260
2021-03-31 2,733,622 2,705,064
2022-03-31 3,228,597 2,827,137
2023-03-31 3,943,668 3,475,309
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.

Sir John Soane's Museum

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Charity people

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2023
£		 2022
£
Employees 71 66
Employees paid more than £60,000 5 5
Volunteers 104 90
Trustees 13
Employees
Volunteers

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

Sir John Soane's Museum

GB-CHC-313609

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 2.5 2.2
Legacies - 0.0
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 2.5 2.2
Income from charitable activities 0.6 0.6
Income from other trading activities 0.7 0.4
Income from investments 0.0 0.0
Other income 0.1 0.0
Total 3.9 3.2
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 1.0 0.8
Spending on raising funds 1.0 0.8
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 2.5 2.0
Charitable activities 2.5 2.0
Other spending - -
Total 3.5 2.8
Net income / (expenditure) 0.5 0.4

Sir John Soane's Museum

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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 10.1 9.9
Investment assets 0.0 0.0
10.1 10.0
Current assets
Current investment assets 0.2 -
Cash 1.3 1.2
Other current assets 0.5 0.5
2.1 1.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (0.3) (0.5)
Net current assets 1.7 1.3
Total assets less current liabilities 11.8 11.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - -
Net assets 11.8 11.2
Funds
Endowment funds 0.0 0.0
Restricted funds 7.8 7.6
Unrestricted funds 4.0 3.6
11.8 11.2

Sir John Soane's Museum

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Income from government

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2023
£		 2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 1,537,552 1,634,600
Government grants as % of total income 39.0% 50.6%
Number of government grants 1 1

Sir John Soane's Museum

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Grants received

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Received 15 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Linbury Trust £4,750
1 year 		Energy efficiency - Soane's Museum
Dec 2023 to Dec 2024
Garfield Weston Foundation
Museums & Heritage 		£75,000 Main Grants award
Rothschild Foundation
Special interest 		£5,000
1 year 		Grant to Sir John Soane's Museum
Jul 2021 to Jul 2022
Wolfson Foundation
Arts and Humanities 		£150,000 Grant to Sir John Soane's Museum
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants 		£2,000,000 Grant to Sir John Soane's Museum Trust
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation
Heritage 		£10,000
1 year 		Grant to Sir John Soane's Museum
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Your Heritage 		£8,500 Grant to Sir John Soane's Museum
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Heritage Grants 		£1,009,500 Grant to Sir John Soane's Museum
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Project Planning Grants 		£28,900 Grant to Sir John Soane's Museum
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Your Heritage 		£50,000 Grant to Sir John Soane's Museum

Data source

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Sir John Soane's Museum

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Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

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