National Emergency Services Museum

Analysis

National Emergency Services Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Emergency Services Museum reported income of £287k and spending of £254k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £267k to £287k (+7.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, National Emergency Services Museum sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Millennium Oak Trust (£287k), British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (£287k) and Down Syndrome Education International (£287k).