London Transport Museum Friends

Analysis

London Transport Museum Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2019, 7 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, London Transport Museum Friends reported income of £218k and spending of £252k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £212k to £218k (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 178%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, London Transport Museum Friends 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 King's Own Royal Border Regiment Museum Fund (£218k), The Society of Botanical Artists Limited (£218k) and The Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom (£217k).