BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY HERITAGE TRUST

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Forvis Mazars LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Considered with BMIHT's track record, the business plans and 12-month forecast, the reserves and assets available, offset by the challenges ahead the Trustees are confident that BMIHT will have sufficient funds to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore satisfy going concern obligations.”

Group structure

1. BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY HERITAGE TRUST · parent
   1. British Motor Industry Heritage Centre Limited 100% · England and Wales · provision of conference facilities, meeting rooms, catering and banqueting

Significant events

• “Museum took a step towards greater global recognition and attended the Salon Retromobile in Paris, one of the largest international classic cars shows.”
• “Museum secured Herbert Austin's Longbridge Office, which thanks to a generous donation from the Patrick Foundation is now displayed in the Museum alongside William Morris's Office both with new state of the art interpretation, including holograms.”
• “increased the number of access days and access tours in 2024, and thanks to funding from Stratford-on-Avon District Council, the Museum was able to instal a Changing Places facility.”
• “2025 marks a period of transition with a change in leadership and, now a lease and planning have been secured, the likely long-awaited start of construction of a new hotel development on the boundary of the Museum site.”
• “new edition of 'The Gallery' was held in 2024. Again, curated with Historic Car Art, the exhibition featured 50% more artists than the previous year.”
• “The major feature exhibition of 2024/25 opened in July. Titled 'From Sketch to Street', it illustrated the evolution of car design from pencil to computer.”
• “During the summer, in collaboration with JLR, a number of royal Land Rover and Range Rover cars embarked on a tour across North America, starting at the Pebble Beach Concours, California.”
• “BMIHT also showcased its work at conferences around the world, including the World Forum for Motor Museums in Japan.”
• “Paul Gilder, workshop manager, retired from BMIHT at the end of the year. He will be superseded by his once apprentice, Martin Brown.”
• “Work began in 2024 to develop a digital version of the Museum's Heritage Certificate. The aim is to provide customers with an alternative to a physical certificate.”
• “2024 saw the introduction of a 621 AOK plush toy, based on the mini in the Museum, this is unique to the Museum and designed and produced by the London Toy Company.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +3.9%

  £4,147,271 → £4,309,297

• Cash

  +13.9%

  £1,725,285 → £1,964,852

• Net assets

  +1.6%

  £11,191,944 → £11,373,937

• Employees

  +8.9%

  112 → 122

• Profit before tax

  -177.8%

  £96,948 → -£75,405

• Wages

  +12.1%

  £2,345,820 → £2,628,544

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers