BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST

1. BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST 2012-07-12 → present
2. BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS LIMITED 2011-08-11 → 2012-07-12

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees consider there is reasonable expectation the company has sufficient resources, (free reserves of £3.508m at March 2025 and £0.994m Museums Renewal Fund grant confirmed in September 2025), to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, for this reason they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BIRMINGHAM MUSEUMS TRUST · parent
   1. Birmingham Museums Trading Limited 100% · England and Wales · trading activities
   2. Thinktank Trust 100% · England and Wales · charitable company

Significant events

• “2024-25 saw 475,433 total visitors including schools and education groups.”
• “BMT saw a substantial 56% increase in visitors compared to the previous year thanks to the partial reopening of BMAG in October 2024.”
• “The Trust saw a reduction in visitors at Thinktank, and due to increasing financial pressures was only able to open three of its Historic Properties (Aston Hall, Blakesley Hall and Sarehole Mill) from June 2024 at a reduced 3 days / week, with Weoley Castle opening for public events only but the Museum Collections Centre (MCC) retaining same levels of public access. Soho House and Museum of the Jewellery Quarter remained closed due to ongoing building issues, the latter of which saw the completion of its roof works in January 2025.”
• “BMT's pioneering Dynamic Collections programme won national recognition after being shortlisted for the prestigious Museum Association's Museums Change Lives Best Project Award 2024.”
• “BMT reapplied to the UK Museums Accreditation Scheme for three of its museums that had Provisional Accreditation status due to being closed to the public - BMAG, Soho House and Museum of the Jewellery Quarter (MJQ). BMAG was subsequently awarded Full Accreditation status whilst Soho House and MJQ retain their Provisional Accreditation status whilst they remain closed with plans to reopen in 2025-26.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +13.1%

  £1,197,139 → £1,354,435

• Cash

  +1.7%

  £4,139,331 → £4,208,620

• Net assets

  +4.7%

  £5,926,324 → £6,204,537

• Employees

  +7.3%

  150 → 161

• Profit before tax

  -58.8%

  £1,693,754 → £698,213

• Wages

  +17.3%

  £3,919,165 → £4,598,113

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