# THE BRITISH MUSEUM FRIENDS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1086080
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 9, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1086080


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH MUSEUM, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1B 3DG
- **Phone:** 020 7323 8000
- **Email:** friends@britishmuseum.org
- **Website:** http://www.britishmuseum.org/membership.aspx



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** To support and assist the British Museum in maintaining and expanding its collections and services to scholars and to the general public.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Camden



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6882559 | £6781172 | £1897950 | 17 |
| March 31, 2024 | £6166391 | £6354803 | £1796563 | 16 |
| March 31, 2023 | £6118000 | £9115000 | £1984000 | 0 |
| March 31, 2022 | £8003000 | £8559000 | £4981000 | 0 |
| March 31, 2021 | £5083159 | £1355805 | £5536790 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **George Osborne** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2021
- Alejandro Santo Domingo — appointed July 13, 2022
- Alison Jones — appointed Sept. 19, 2025
- Claudia Winkleman — appointed March 19, 2025
- Dame Vivian Hunt DBE — appointed March 25, 2019
- Dr CHRISTOPHER HUGH GOSDEN — appointed Aug. 2, 2018
- Dr Tiffany Jenkins — appointed March 19, 2025
- Erdem Moralioglu — appointed Sept. 19, 2025
- George  Garfield Weston — appointed March 25, 2019
- Lord Daniel William Finkelstein — appointed March 19, 2025
- Martha Kearney — appointed March 19, 2025
- Philipp Michael Hildebrand — appointed Aug. 1, 2019
- Professor Dame Winifred Mary Beard — appointed March 19, 2020
- Professor Sarah Elizabeth Worthington — appointed March 1, 2020
- SIR ANDREW CHARLES MAYFIELD — appointed June 1, 2018
- Sir Jonathan Ive — appointed June 10, 2025
- Sir Mark Jeremy Walport — appointed Dec. 1, 2020
- TOM HOLLAND — appointed March 19, 2025
- Tracey Karima Emin — appointed Nov. 28, 2023
- Weijian Shan — appointed July 13, 2022