National Justice Museum

Analysis

National Justice Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02866265). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Justice Museum reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.8m (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, National Justice Museum sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thackray Medical Museum Company Limited (£1.8m), Kirklees Theatre Trust (£1.8m) and Alnwick District Playhouse Trust (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, trading 14% and donations and legacies 9.9%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.5%. Reserves of £315k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 73 people.