The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The British Museum Friends

Registered charity 1086080 Registered since 2001

Operates: Camden

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (17)

Portfolio (3)

19
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 20Education/training 20Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 22Arts and leisure 9Professional services 9

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
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incomespending£6.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 49.0 in 2021

17
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.britishmuseum.org/membership.aspx
Emailfriends@britishmuseum.org
Phone020 7323 8000
AddressBRITISH MUSEUM, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3DG

Finances

£6,882,559 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,083,159£1,355,805
2022£8,003,000£8,559,000
2023£6,118,000£9,115,000
2024£6,166,391£6,354,803
2025£6,882,559£6,781,172

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FRIENDS ARE TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING ITS COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES TO SCHOLARS AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO ASSIST OTHER CHARITABLE MUSEUMS TO ANY EXTENT THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE FRIENDS MIGHT HELP THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN THE AFOREMENTIONED MANNER.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/12/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/10/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/12/2012

Trustees (20)

20trustees
59median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The British Museum Friends · 04133346 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/12/2000

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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