THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Saffery LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group or the parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED · parent
   1. National Motor Museum Trading Limited 100% · England and Wales · provides museum services

Significant events

• “2024 was an award-winning year for the National Motor Museum. Firstly, the newly launched National Motor Museum Publishing enjoyed great success with its first book. Goldie: The Amazing Story of Alfred Goldie Gardener, by John Mayhead, won prestigious awards at the RAC Motoring Book of the Year, and from the Guild of Motoring Writers.”
• “Secondly, we were delighted to receive the Museums & Collection of the Year award at the Royal Automobile Club Historic Motoring Awards.”
• “Other notable highlights in 2024 included the completion of much needed maintenance and access upgrade works on the Museum entrance, ensuring a warm welcome for all our visitors and laying the groundwork for the masterplan transformation of our display and interpretation over the coming years.”
• “Significant progress on securing the £750,000 of funding we need to deliver all our ambitions for Ages of Motoring has been another of the big achievement of 2024, with major grants secured from National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF), Garfield Weston Foundation, and the Wolfson Foundation, amongst others.”
• “2024 saw our engineers make good progress with the work to restore the mighty 1927 1,000hp Sunbeam World Land Speed Record Breaker to running order.”
• “In 2024 we began to establish relationships with organisations in the USA, seeking partnerships to secure a high-profile exhibition tour of American motor museums and elite events for one of the Museum's iconic World Land Speed Record Breakers. Major Henry Segrave's 1927 1,000hp Sunbeam was the first car to exceed 200mph, a feat achieved at Daytona Beach, Florida, on 29 March that year.”
• “One of our stand-out activities for 2024 was the introduction of a new brand identity for the National Motor Museum.”
• “In July our 1961 Allard Dragster made a static appearance at the Santa Pod Raceway for its Dragstalgia event. Later that month the 1967 Lotus 49 and 1920 350hp Sunbeam were successfully demonstrated, while the 1909 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost was displayed at the Cartier Style et Luxe, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July.”

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

  -3.5%

  £2,591,352 → £2,499,588

• Cash

  -58.7%

  £749,995 → £309,998

• Net assets

  -0.5%

  £9,460,154 → £9,413,837

• Employees

  +4.5%

  22 → 23

• Wages

  +6.8%

  £675,161 → £721,350

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