Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -2
Pension deficit: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 16

THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST

Provision of a public, educational Museum and Gardens

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £20,757,024 available, equivalent to 26 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
There is a pension deficit of £277,000
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 34 years

www.horniman.ac.uk

enquiry@horniman.ac.uk

02086991872

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£9,750	£9,585	£166	£993	£51,987	£20,757	26	153	188
31/03/22	£7,866	£8,617	£-751	£824	£39,460	£9,669	13.5	140	122
31/03/21	£7,193	£7,625	£-432	£748	£35,405	£6,182	9.7	150	16
31/03/20	£7,479	£7,767	£-288	£901	£39,856	£10,597	16.4	148	192
31/03/19	£7,491	£8,713	£-1,222	£938	£36,914	£8,968	12.4	144	212
31/03/18	£10,187	£7,893	£2,295	£803	£38,312	£9,213	14	140	0
31/03/17	£8,375	£7,935	£440	£703	£33,182	£6,757	10.2	138	0
31/03/16	£6,481	£6,905	£-424	£708	£34,220	£8,002	13.9	143	0
31/03/15	£6,640	£6,888	£-249	£685	£27,243	£5,511	9.6	126	0
31/03/14	£6,704	£6,545	£159	£567	£29,034	£6,509	11.9	120	0
31/03/13	£6,354	£6,698	£-345	£621	£28,895	£6,211	11.1	115	0
31/03/12	£6,822	£5,917	£905	£376	£28,629	£5,997	12.2	103	0
31/03/11	£6,503	£6,444	£59	£363	£29,924	£7,791	14.5	99	0
31/03/10	£5,918	£5,993	£-75	£334	£27,511	£5,378	10.8	108	0
31/03/09	£6,174	£5,823	£351	£307	£25,795	£7,097	14.6	118	0
31/03/08	£5,780	£6,070	£-290	£321	£24,817	£7,292	14.4	112	0
31/03/07	£5,039	£4,953	£86	£287	£23,582	£6,529	15.8	97	0
31/03/06	£5,223	£4,702	£521	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£4,469	£4,730	£-261	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£3,786	£4,125	£-339	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 40%
Reserves/Spending: 26 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Greenwich, Lewisham,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

153 employees
188 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£964,097
Wolfson Foundation	£816,000
The Foyle Foundation	£250,000
Youth Music	£25,792

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Horniman Museum and Gardens
£816,000	06/12/2023	Refurbishment of the Natural History Gallery and new outdoor learning spaces
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£250,000	28/04/2023	towards Nature + Love: a redevelopment of the Horniman Natural History Gallery and Gardens
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£964,097	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
Youth Music - 696 Youth Engagement Programme (YEP)
£25,792	06/03/2020	696 Youth Engagement Programme (YEP)
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£946,678	01/04/2019	£1.6bn invested in the key arts and culture infrastrucure organisations in England for a 4 year period
DCMS - Music in the Making - Gallery Improvements
£90,000	01/04/2019	The DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund has four objectives: to increase the number of artefacts on display, to improve physical access to collections, to improve access for disabled ....more The DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund has four objectives: to increase the number of artefacts on display, to improve physical access to collections, to improve access for disabled visitors, and to improve the quality of interpretation. The scheme is open to four categories of museums and galleries.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - NPO 2018-22: Band 2
£946,678	01/04/2018 11	National portfolio organisation- are leaders in their areas, with a collective responsibility to protect and develop our national arts and cultural ecology.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000	02/10/2017	Anthropology Redisplay
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust
£142,600	30/08/2017 24	Towards the development of a dedicated gallery programme for artists, communities and curators to co-create exhibitions and events in response to the Horniman's Anthropology Collection.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Major Partner Museums
£946,678	01/04/2017 11	Major Partner Museums- building the resilience of museums
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Horniman Museum and Gardens
£272,000	21/04/2016	Acquisition of four historic keyboard instruments from Finchcocks for use and display
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Horniman Museum and Gardens
£3,462,300	30/09/2014	Collections People Stories
DCMS - DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund
£5,769	01/04/2005	The DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund has four objectives: to increase the number of artefacts on display, to improve physical access to collections, to improve access for disabled ....more The DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund has four objectives: to increase the number of artefacts on display, to improve physical access to collections, to improve access for disabled visitors, and to improve the quality of interpretation. The scheme is open to four categories of museums and galleries.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-72

CAROLE LESLEY SOUTER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Senior Executive

CAROLINE COLE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Architect, Other trusteeships: ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED, THE OVE ARUP FOUNDATION,

DIANA MAINE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

EVA APPELBAUM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

MAYOWA OCHERE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Civil Servant

MICHAEL SALTER-CHURCH MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2022

NICHOLAS WYVER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Policy Adviser

NICO IACUZZI Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Investment Professional

ROMA ANGELA NELSON DIBUA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Partner, Head Of Risk And Compliance

SIMON HESKETH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Development Director

SOMI UMOLU Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director Of Curatorial Affairs & Public Practice

SUROJIT GHOSH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Senior Advisor (Fund Management), Other trusteeship: THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/02/1990, number: 802725
Registered at Companies House on 29/12/1989, number: 02456393

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

100 LONDON ROAD
LONDON
SE23 3PQ

Objectives

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ACQUIRING HOUSING AND EXHIBITING AND DOCUMENTING, CONSERVING RESTORING AND REPAIRING OBJECTS AND COLLECTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATING TO THE STUDY OF ETHNOGRAPHY, NATURAL HISTORY AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND BY ESTABLISHING ACQUIRING MANAGING AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS GALLERIES LIBRARIES AND OTHER SUITABLE PREMISES FOR USE FOR SUCH PURPOSES. (2) THE ACQUISITION, PROVISIONS, ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS FOR THE USE AND RECREATION OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF AND THE CREATION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO THEIR NATURAL FEATURES, ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROMOTION OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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