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the foundling museum

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Activities & Mission

To operate a museum for the maintenance, conservation and exhibition of the Foundling Hospital collection.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,969,913
Latest Expenditure
£2,251,669

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 90.4%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 79.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 22.1%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,146,254
Charitable Activities £318,401
Other Trading £357,981
Investments £147,277
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,780,658
Raising Funds £471,011
Governance £26,920
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2025£1,969,913£2,251,669£1,780,658£19,391,480£1,161,07235 / 140
2024£6,549,443£2,397,896£1,860,152£19,638,051£845,67634 / 125
2023£2,057,213£2,123,554£1,826,199£12,410,447£2,461,56733 / 130
2022£1,745,520£1,881,611£1,708,697£12,597,982£535,05933 / 140
2021£2,237,309£1,521,986£1,500,555£12,417,063£580,43019 / 140

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
40 BRUNSWICK SQUARE
LONDON
WC1N 1AZ
Registration Date
24 August 1998
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
3955049
Charity Number
1071167

Trustees

Lemn Sissay OBE FRSL
PERDITA HUNT
Ronald Gould
Claire Jeffers
Lord Simon Russell
Grayson Perry CBE
Edward Stuart Humphrey
Andrew James McIntyre
Michael Desmond Crossan
Susan Linda Hoyle OBE
Francesca Filippini Pinto
Christopher Richard Dumas

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