NML Foundation
Analysis
NML Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08066776). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.
In the financial year ending March 2025, NML Foundation reported income of £221k and spending of £588k, spending 266% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.4m to £221k (-93%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 47% 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, NML Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Iceni Partnership (£221k), The West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust (£221k) and Yorke Dance Project (£221k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To advance, in a manner which the trustees see fit, the charitable objects of The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM), and to advance the education of the public throughout the world in any manner conducive to, and compatible with the charitable objects of NMGM, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in particular by widening participation in charitable education.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Iceni Partnership | Norfolk | £221k |
| The West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust | Middlesex | £221k |
| Yorke Dance Project | London | £221k |
| Glusburn Community & Arts Centre | Keighley | £222k |