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2022-03-31-accounts

London Transport Museum Limited

Annual report and financial statements 2021/2022

Registered Office 5 Endeavour Square London E20 1JN

Registered in England and Wales Company number: 06495761 Charity number: 1123122

Contents

Contents
Strategic Report 3
Message from the Trustees 3
Our purpose and principles 4
Strategic framework 4
Achievements and performance 6
Context of the coronavirus uncertainty 6
Key successes and learnings from 2021/22 7
Future plans 9
Financial review 10
Trustees’ Report 11
Structure, governance and management 11
Reserves policy 16
Disclosure of information to auditors 19
Trustees’ statement 20
Trustees and advisers 21
Independent Auditor’s report 23
Consolidated statement of financial activities for the 27
year ended 31 March 2022
Balance sheets as at 31 March 2022 28
Notes to the financial statements 29
Our supporters 46

London Transport Museum Limited Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

Strategic Report

Message from the Trustees

Following the previous year when the pandemic struck and we were closed 125 days, 2021/22 has been a year of strong recovery. The Museum has been open without interruption since 17 May 2021 and with our staff base protected by support from the Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) and Transport for London (TfL), we have been able to bring all activity back to life. While a return to the levels of business last seen in the successful year of 2019/20 has not yet been possible, our recovery has been generally well ahead of expectation in several key areas – admissions, corporate membership, retail - and indeed ahead of the pack in terms of London museums. This was recognised in March 2022 when London Transport Museum (LTM) won the London Visitor Attraction of the Year award.

Although it is much easier to close down operations than to restart them, we emerged in May 2021 with key developments in place. From enhanced digital delivery across all programmes, new and authentic web content, upgraded museum galleries, our people and culture protected, through to a renewed sense of purpose. Despite restrictions on museum capacity and the Omicron variant cramping our Christmas business, admissions numbers reached 222,800 (tracking at 66 per cent of the equivalent days in 2019/20) while our retail and online shop returned to modest profitability. In-person Hidden London tours resumed, and YouTube Hidden London Hangouts reached new levels of views, while venue hire activity bounced back sharply. Our corporate membership not only saw 100 per cent retention, an achievement in itself, but 10 new members were recruited within the year. The STARS team transferred schools delivery to digital delivery and back again to a hybrid mix. Our Interchange thought leadership programme was delivered successfully online and did much to influence the retention of members.

The tenacity and commitment of the Museum’s staff group has been applied with energy and agility to the recovery, learning lessons about hybrid programmes, the power of experiences and reaping the benefits of a strong position with domestic audiences in the staycation market of 2021. The support of the CRF and TfL, the collaborative, open and honest leadership of the executive team and the ready support of the Trustee group have powered business recovery and provided a platform for rebuilding.

So, it is hugely gratifying to be able to report that we ultimately end the year with a surplus of £889k as well as a clutch of industry awards, including the London Visitor Attraction of the Year. Overall income increased to £15.4m (2021: £11.7m) with the resumption of Museum activities. We owe a massive debt of gratitude to Arts Council England, the Department for Culture Media and Sport, HM Treasury, Transport for London, LTM Friends, members, donors, volunteers and followers for standing by us. By doing so, our remarkable group of people have been given the opportunity to recover across our portfolio of activities and lay the groundwork for a sustainable future.

Keith Ludeman, Chair and Sam Mullins OBE, Director and CEO

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Our purpose and principles

Our purpose

Igniting curiosity to shape the future.

Our work is guided by four principles:

Everyone feels the Museum, collections and experiences are for them.

Everything we do is creative, dynamic and resourceful.

We go the extra mile to deliver.

Strategic framework

Our strategic aims

We have four strategic aims to face the challenges of the future. In setting London Transport Museum’s aims and planning our activities, the Trustees have carefully considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Content – being the world’s leading museum of urban transport

We conserve and enhance our world class collection, making it accessible for exhibitions, education, and events. We are a window on the past, present and future of transport in London. The idea of ‘content’ for us includes our collection and the need to hand it on in great shape to future generations.

LTM believes that our stories, collection and experiences can help everyone to understand more of the world they live in. We think about ‘content’ as all forms of communication on all platforms. We aim to reach ever wider audiences in London, the UK and the world.

Experiences – create experiences that delight and inspire

Our aim is to stimulate creativity from an early age and inspire the next generation to realise their potential. We have exciting learning and public programming that delivers engaging initiatives on and offsite and, increasingly, on our digital platforms. We are committed to provoking debate and imagination about transport in the future of London.

People make their own meanings and we support this by helping our visitors, audiences and customers make connections through unique experiences. In the overall experience, from planning a visit to the memories they take away, our aim is to delight and inspire people. Delighting our customers is also essential to our future financial prosperity; we depend on this income stream for a significant portion of our revenue.

People – nurture a culture that’s united behind our purpose

We develop the individual skills of our people, sharpen the capability of our organisation and build a workplace that promotes employees’ creativity. We strive to partner and collaborate with like-minded and forward-looking organisations. We are investing significantly in LTM’s technological capability to expand our reach further in the future.

One of our principles is that everyone feels the Museum, collections and experiences are for them. Our priority is to broaden our reach, build awareness, support and influence for LTM as widely as possible in all

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our communications and public-facing activities. We aim to increase the diversity of our staff, visitors and our volunteers to support this aim.

We are committed to creating a culture that supports our purpose and encourages behaviour that is inclusive, collaborative, courageous and active. We continue to give attention to increasing the ethnic diversity of our workforce and to create an inclusive culture where everyone is treated fairly and equally. Our intent is for a culture where everyone can realise their potential. We are also committed to addressing poor performance where found and to improving leadership capability.

We have continued to invest time and energy this year embedding the strategic framework to guide all that we do and believe it has given added structure and support during this year of recovery. It supported our strategic priorities for recovery.

We consider Reach, Quality, Impact and Value-for-Money for all our activities and regularly report progress of the top performance indicators to the Board within our LTM Dashboard.

Money – generate the funds that make a difference

We aim to grow revenue in creative new ways and increase our financial headroom, year on year. We operate a successful business-like charity.

Financial sustainability for LTM requires reserves to fund capital investment, and this depends on the success of key income streams to fund our purpose. Our main income streams are from visitors, fundraising and our Enterprise businesses including retail, venue hire, corporate membership, commercial sponsorship, catering and Hidden London. During 2021/22 we continued to receive significant emergency funding from the Government via the Culture Recovery Fund.

To achieve financial sustainability, it is essential that we charge admission fees to visitors to Covent Garden, the Museum Depot at Acton and for participation in our offsite experiences such as Hidden London and Heritage excursions. These are reviewed annually and benchmarked to ensure they remain affordable to Londoners and all visitors. After three years of no increase, admissions were increased with effect from 4 April 2022.

Although the Museum charges admission fees, various measures are taken to ensure that charges are not a barrier to participation. These include free entry to the Museum for anyone aged 17 or under, for carers accompanying disabled visitors, and reduced admission charges for senior citizens, students and those in receipt of state benefit assistance. We offer a community bursary programme to encourage visits from those living near to the Depot and to the Museum in Covent Garden and have plans to promote this locally. Museum admission tickets are valid for one year to encourage return visits and increase value for money for visitors. Many of the Museum’s outreach programmes are free to participants. The TfL-funded STARS programmes engage tens of thousands of pupils each year and are delivered at no cost to the schools taking part. We also provide free content through our website and other media channels for people who do not visit LTM in person.

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Achievements and performance

Looking back, we successfully laid the groundwork in 2019/20 with investments in our people, programmes, frameworks and ways of working which helped us to weather the storm of the global crisis over the past 25 months. We continued to shape our own path to recovery throughout 2021/22.

Our achievements this year are all the more significant given the ongoing uncertainty. This year marked the first of a three-year plan to recover, rebuild and reset. We continued with the six key strategic priorities (We’re Open, Digital, Young People, Hidden London, Culture, Environmental Responsibility) to fuel recovery.

We have actively worked on creating a more manageable pace, eliminating complexity and simplifying communication. This year we are shortening our report on the past year’s achievements to focus on our learnings. The world has changed and so has LTM.

We continue to include many of our Dashboard indicators, which are reported biannually to Trustees. The Dashboard is a selection of the performance indicators considered to give the Executive and Trustees a more rounded insight into LTM’s progress. LTM developed a success framework to ensure that all activity considered Reach, Quality, Impact and Value/Income (RQIV). LTM has used the RQIV framework to set targets and monitor performance for projects, teams and individuals and is continuing to develop and integrate the framework into all our work.

This success framework continues to be relevant as we recover the many areas of our complex operations. Relevant measures have been included in the summary.

Context of the coronavirus uncertainty

A successful recovery

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 threatened the very existence of the Museum. With 80 per cent of income from self-generated sources, derived primarily from visitors, tours, retail and corporate support, the lockdown and closure of the Covent Garden Museum, Acton Depot, guided tour programme, STARS outreach to schools and volunteering support led to a £7m loss of income and potential shut down.

This existential threat was headed off by an early guarantee of support from parent company TfL and government financial support in the form of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Culture Recovery Fund (CRF). This enabled a recovery based on the success of 2019/20, rather than severe retrenchment and a return to the lesser scale of the 1990s Museum.

In 2020/21, the Museum was only open for 125 days and other activities were severely reduced by restrictions imposed during the pandemic, which led to an operating loss, mitigated by emergency support from TfL and central government through the CJRS and CRF via Arts Council England (ACE).

Even though the Museum was only open from 17 May 2021 and activities were severely reduced by coronavirus restrictions, a strong recovery has been made in 2021/22. The significance of £1.3m CRF emergency support should be noted in reaching this result.

LTM achieved a successful recovery during 2021/22 and we expect to start the five-year plan, our ‘reset’ year from April 2023, with a return to an operating surplus (before depreciation) in 2022/23.

The culture of LTM remains strong and continues to be an organisation where innovation is encouraged, our charitable aims well embedded, and our people pull together to create high quality experiences, content and product for our visitors, audiences and customers.

Financial response

The financial year started with the very welcome news that we had been successful in our application for Cultural Recovery Fund (CRF) Round 2; the Government’s fund to support cultural organisations and heritage sites through the coronavirus crisis. Although the Museum remained closed for the first six weeks of this year, CRF support gave us the confidence and capacity to plan a post-pandemic recovery strategy and gradually re-introduce a full programme of activity.

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We took a cautious approach to budgeting not knowing how quickly visitor numbers and trading activities would take to recover. We opened the Covent Garden café with reduced trading hours and slowly reintroduced Hidden London in-person tours.

By autumn of 2021 we were successfully welcoming back visitors at 72 per cent of the 2019/20 equivalent days, as well as delivering a surplus across most income generating activities. This strong trading performance was fuelled by the ongoing support of our corporate members and sponsors who remained loyal to the Museum despite the prolonged closure and cessation of in-person events. We were also able to continue with the successful delivery of a wide range of digital programmes such as the STARS educational programme, Hidden London Hangouts, and the Thought Leadership series.

In late 2021 the new Omicron variant temporarily slowed our progress; this was especially noticeable at the Covent Garden shop where the usual six-week runup to Christmas was curtailed by noticeably lower footfall. Fortunately, we were once again successful in our bid to the CRF Round 3 which helped us to navigate what proved to be a temporary setback.

The year was not without its challenges and the impact of a TfL-wide pay and recruitment freeze imposed by central government had a detrimental impact on staff welfare and our ability to recruit and retain. Financial uncertainty was further compounded by TfL’s funding position and the reliance on short-term funding agreements from the Department for Transport (DfT). Funding uncertainty also had repercussions for our Capital Programme and the stop/start nature of the work meant that the Museum fell further behind in plant replacements and essential repairs to the fabric of the buildings at three sites: Covent Garden, Acton, and Clapham South.

The agility and tenacity of all our staff across LTM and support of TfL colleagues allowed us to successfully negotiate the pitfalls of the year with a surplus of £889k. We move forward to 2022/23 with a healthy level of reserves to invest in our future and confidence in the resilience of our income generating activities.

We are deeply grateful to Arts Council England (ACE) for continued support through the National Portfolio Funding and Cultural Recovery Fund and to our parent organisation, TfL, for its outstanding moral and financial support throughout the crisis. TfL continued to provide essential services to the Museum without disruption including Finance and Human Resources support as part of core operations despite the challenges it has faced this year and the furlough of a significant proportion of its staff.

Page 10 sets out the financial review of the year’s performance.

Key successes and learnings from 2021/22

Whilst the last 25 months overall have been an incredibly challenging time for the Museum, we have learned much which we are carrying forward into the rebuild plans for 2022/23.

The LTM working culture and governance

New appointments to both boards have strengthened the purpose and capacity of our governance group. We will return to regular in-person meetings to develop our contact with board members and involve them earlier in investment decisions, strategy development and major projects through informal groups and committees.

The pandemic and periodic lockdowns have tested our staff culture and internal communications. The weekly LTM Life bulletin is here to stay as both an internal and stakeholder communications medium, enabling us to bring together staff, volunteers, contractors, Friends, Patrons and board members in our wellinformed, committed and agile working culture. Investment in a creative and committed staff group culture has also been fostered through collaborative work on equality, diversity and inclusion and is reflected in a positive improvement in key Viewpoint survey scores such as staff engagement, wellbeing, inclusion and, importantly, confidence in a shared vision for the future.

To respect staff wellbeing, we paced carefully the early development of the strategic People Plan. We delivered an interesting (virtual) summer programme in 2021 of optional learning sessions which allowed everyone to explore the issues of diversity, inclusion and equality in their own way. We formed two working groups and sounding boards in the autumn and are now moving at a consistent but considered pace. This has helped us to establish a solid base for further work to deliver the outcomes agreed in the People Plan.

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Through closure and constraint, we continued to pilot and test quickly, as with Hidden London Hangouts, Climate Change Takeover Day, a new VR experience, digital delivery to schools and tours and learned that perfection was the enemy of the good.

In developing the Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce exhibition, a collaborative way of working has significantly developed our participatory practice. Establishing an Advisory Board, partly enabled by relationships built by our Documentary Curator activity, and then working collaboratively with them has been a first. This was essential in enabling LTM to explore a sensitive but key topic with people with lived experience of the subject, and to preclude the Museum imposing an ‘expert’ narrative. This process is already being followed in the Progressing Participatory Practice and Acton Access projects in 2022/23.

To retain the customer loyalty and support we have garnered during the pandemic, we need better customer data management through a CRM system and a slicker ticketing system. This demands consistent support from TfL Tech & Data for systems integration, video production and to support hybrid working.

Content, programming and digital

The move to digital has accelerated, but real experiences will remain highly valued post-pandemic, so we think in hybrid terms and need to build the capacity for multi-platform delivery. Hybrid programming makes efficient and multiple use of our fresh and authentic content across strands of activity such as in Hidden London, with tours, virtual tours, YouTube Hangouts and web content.

The importance of timely investment and sound project management in a new website and web shop prepandemic is now being extended to the ticketing and CRM project. Online bookings have significantly reduced queues in the Covent Garden Piazza while the online booking experience has been improved following negative visitor feedback.

Gallery enhancements have continued with London 2030, the Legacies exhibition, new Vehicle Interpretation Points, digital screens, and a winter wonderland including a working electric sleigh. These have kept the galleries looking fresh.

Audiences and visitors

In May 2021, we reopened and stayed open. The Museum, Shop, Depot and Contact Centre operated daily, in a safe and secure way, ensuring our visitors were comfortable in our environment and had fun. During a year when other visitor attractions closed, vastly reduced their footprint or cut back their hours – London Transport Museum was there seven days a week with open arms. Our integrated approach to online and offline marketing supported a strong return of visitors.

With international travel restrictions still in place, our efforts focused on encouraging domestic visits from London and the rest of the UK. Customer research undertaken between July and Sept 2021 tells us that our work resulted in a 14 per cent increase in visits from inner London supported by tailored sales offers for local residents, and a 14 per cent increase in visits from the rest of the UK when compared with the same period in 2019/20. During the summer months, our programme focused on creating a greener future for London, with interactive activities on offer for children and young people at both the Museum and Depot. This programming supported a 13 per cent increase in visits from families with children aged 5-10 and an overall increase in families visiting of 11 per cent when compared with the same period in 2019/20. Dwell time and value for money scores increased. We prioritised the return of our Early and Evening Explorer events for families with special education needs and disabilities (SEND). Dedicated SEND slots were also introduced into our Depot Open Days too.

In early 2022, the Museum launched its brand-new exhibition, Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce. This exhibition, created in collaboration with an Advisory Board of people with lived experience of this history, tells the story of the men and women who journeyed from the Caribbean to join London Transport in the 1950s and 60s and how their legacy has shaped the capital as we know it. Targeted communications and marketing efforts aimed to reach people and communities connected to this heritage and those interested finding out more about the people behind London’s transport history. A new relationship was established with The Voice, and high-profile broadcast coverage was secured with both BBC London and ITV London. The exhibition has been supported by family programming during February half-term and a new session for primary schools. This has ensured we are engaging our family and schools audience with this important story too. Between July and September, the Museum saw an 8 per cent increase in visitors from a black and minority ethnic background when compared to the full year performance in 2019/20. We

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have a number of funding steams supporting the increased participation of London’s Caribbean community in connection with the exhibition.

Learning, young people and STARS

Successes from the last year in STARS include the rapid pivot to digital delivery, upskilling our team to use more channels to reach schools, increasing our agility and flexibility, and building relationships with the boroughs. Our learnings are that we need to increase our ability to leverage our data on schools to crosspromote our programmes and to understand how our work intersects with other TfL departments to address disadvantaged or marginalised communities.

The successful relaunch of the schools programme reaching over 7,500 children and adults included an entirely new virtual offer, the overhaul of onsite sessions, the completion of the highly successful Engineering Your Neighbourhood project and significant new activity linked to environmental sustainability.

Enterprise

Stock delays caused by global shipping issues meant some key lines were late to arrive and undoubtedly cost us retail sales. ‘Hero’ products are hugely important for Christmas sales. This year we are working further ahead on product development and as a result have already identified our key Christmas 2022 products. As part of our own ‘green journey’ we are also identifying more opportunities to source retail products in the UK and reduce their carbon footprint.

Hidden London has been a fast-developing tours business for four years. The swift move to virtual delivery and the development of the Hangouts on YouTube, followed by the ‘Secrets of the London Underground’ (SOTLU) TV series, demonstrated the capacity to stretch into content from across London’s transport history beneath a popular brand. This approach has informed the second SOTLU series to be broadcast from early May 2022.

Future plans

The strategy for the next two years supports the rebuilding our businesses and focused investment in key strategic priorities - the people, projects, and systems which provide a sound platform to rebuild business lines and reset from 2023 onwards. Activity this year will inform our thinking and planning within the ‘new’ market conditions post-pandemic and inform a new five-year plan from April 2023.

Following the pandemic, the reshaping of our city centres along greener and more sustainable lines towards zero net carbon by 2030 is an immediate political imperative and a high priority for Londoners, our corporate members and our visitors. LTM has embarked upon its own ‘green journey’ to reach zero net carbon as an organisation by 2030, aiming for a leadership position within the cultural sector.

The six strategic priorities for 2020/21 to drive our recovery continue to be relevant to rebuilding in the coming year: We’re Open, Move to Digital, Young People, Hidden London, Environmental Responsibility, and the working culture to deliver on these priorities. This aligns with the strategic priorities of TfL and ACE.

Key drivers include:

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approach to developing the Legacies exhibition has led to a rich and innovative way of working that we will extend to all content and programming in the coming year.

Over the last three years we have put considerable energy into developing the People Plan strategy and programme as a collaborative means to becoming an even more inclusive organisation. This year we will be ramping up our efforts to include our audiences and evolve our approach to commissioning and developing content.

Financial review

In response to the coronavirus emergency the Museum deviated from the original five-year plan and adopted a short-term model focusing on survival for 2020/21 and recovery for 2021/22.

The recovery year proved successfully mainly thanks to exceptional support of £1.3m received from the Arts Council England Cultural Recovery Fund.

The year’s result was also favourably affected by a comprehensive review of rent and rates and resolution of historic overcharging, which led to a one-off credit of £359k.

As a result of the above, the Museum ended the year with a net surplus of £889k after adjusting for depreciation.

Reconciliation of operating surplus to
SOFA net surplus
Unrestricted
£000s
Restricted
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Total
£000s
Operating surplus 2,265 174 2,439
Depreciation/amortisation (1,550) - (1,550)
Capital income - - -
Net surplus 715 174 889

Overall income increased to £15.4m (2021: £11.7m) as a result of the resumption of Museum activities.

Grants and donations decreased to £6.6m (2021: £7.8m) following the extraordinary events of 2021 where the Museum needed to call up significant emergency funding from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Transport for London. However, self-generated income increased, with income from charitable activities increasing to £4.4m (2021: £1.2m) as we welcomed back visitors and were able to move towards a full programme of activities. Income from trading activities also saw a strong recovery as retail and Hidden London bounced back from the effects of a prolonged shutdown, with £4.4m of revenue (2021: £2.7m).

Total expenditure increased to £14.5m (2021: £12.7m) as we reopened the Museum and increased output of charitable activities. The cost of fundraising activities decreased to £0.8m (2021: £1.5m) following a change in methodology of allocation of support costs which are now apportioned on a direct cost basis rather than a headcount basis.

For the second year running we significantly reduced and delayed capital investment from our original plans, given the uncertainty faced throughout the year. Capital expenditure totalled just £0.6m (2021: £0.5m) in essential and committed works, causing the capital fund to reduce to £20.1m (2021: £21.0m) as depreciation exceeded investment. The Capital fund forms the majority of the Museum’s reserves and represents the net book value of the Museum’s fixed assets, rather than liquid funds readily available for use.

Non-capital funds increased to £6.6m (2021: £5.9m), in line with the Museum’s revised reserves policy.

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Trustees’ Report

Structure, governance and management

Legal status and governing documents

London Transport Museum Limited (LTM) is a registered charity incorporated on 6 February 2008 as a company limited by shares; one share is issued and is owned by Transport for London (TfL). It is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. Under the Greater London Assembly (GLA) Act 1999, TfL has the power to provide and maintain a museum of transport artefacts, records and other exhibits. While it is common for charities to incorporate as companies limited by guarantee, the Transport for London (Specified Activities) Order 2000 requires TfL to carry out museum activities through a company limited by shares.

Under section 5.1 of the LTM Memorandum of Association, the property and funds of the Museum must be used only for promoting the objects of the Museum, no dividend may be paid to TfL.

When London Transport Museum Limited was established in 2008, a series of written agreements was put in place between TfL and LTM. These set out an umbrella agreement for the continued provision and maintenance of the Museum, covering many aspects of the operation and funding of LTM, and the long-term relationship between the parties. Beneath this there is a funding agreement and an Intellectual Property agreement, while the Museum collection is owned by TfL and subject to a management agreement between the Museum and TfL.

As a wholly owned subsidiary company within the TfL Group, the Museum has access to substantial support and advice from other Group functions in areas such as accounting, taxation, property, marketing, internal audit, information technology, human resources and contracts. The Museum occupies premises which are owned or leased by TfL Group companies and is given access to TfL assets such as disused stations and the Underground network for heritage rail operations. Varying financial arrangements apply to the various Group services, many of which are supplied at no cost to the Museum.

LTM is governed by a Board of up to thirteen Trustees, all of whom are non-executive with the exception of the Managing Director (usually described as the Director & CEO) who is an ex officio Trustee and accountable to the Board of Trustees.

LTM has a wholly owned subsidiary, London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited (LTM(T)L) which operates retail, corporate hire and other non-charitable activities to generate funds to further the Museum’s objects. Under a Deed of Covenant, all the profits of LTM(T)L are distributed to LTM.

LTM(T)L is governed by a Board of Directors drawn from the Museum’s Trustees and staff, along with a majority of independent non-executive directors. Further information about LTM(T)L can be found in the Notes to the Financial Statements.

Organisation

LTM is governed by a Board of Trustees. Day-to-day management of the Museum is delegated to the Managing Director (CEO), Sam Mullins OBE, and through him to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Elizabeth McKay, and Senior Leadership Team (SLT), employees and volunteers. The SLT is made up of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and four Assistant Director (AD) posts, each with distinct functional responsibilities.

The Trustees and SLT as a group are collectively considered to represent the ‘key management personnel’ of the charity, those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the day-to-day activities of the charity.

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Trustees

There are up to thirteen Trustees of LTM at any time, up to three of whom are nominated by TfL and may be members, officers or employees of TfL or the Greater London Assembly. The Board is chaired by Keith Ludeman. The Managing Director of LTM is automatically a Trustee by virtue of his office, and there are up to nine independent Trustees unconnected with TfL.

The Board meets at least four times a year for formal business and once a year for a day of strategic review. Trustees also serve on various Board committees (see below) which meet regularly throughout the year. In addition, Trustees attend Museum events and activities, meet informally, and visit other museums and heritage organisations to widen their knowledge and experience of the cultural sector.

The Board has a Nominations Committee to offer advice and make recommendations regarding the appointment of independent Trustees. We use public advertisement, personal recommendation and external search to recruit Trustees with expertise and experience that will support the strategy and operation of the Museum in areas such as community outreach, education, museum practice, commercial transportation, finance and governance, retail operations and public relations.

Trustees serve a three-year term following which they may be elected for another three years. The Articles of Association make allowance for a second extension of up to three more years in exceptional circumstances. Other than the Managing Director, who is an employee of LTM, the Trustees receive no remuneration, but TfL offers Trustees (and non-executive Directors of LTM(T)L) certain travel concessions. If these are not sufficient, Trustees may claim travel expenses for attending meetings.

The LTM Board is clear about the charity’s aims and ensures that these are being delivered effectively and sustainably. The Trustees adopted the revised Charity Code of Governance for Larger Charities in January 2019.

The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the Trustees.

Four Trustee meetings were scheduled during 2021/22 and attendance was 80 per cent.

Trustee April 2021 July 2021 October 2021 February 2022 Total
M Arthur 1 - 1 1 3
M Dix CBE* 1 1 N/A N/A 2
S Dwesar 1 - N/A N/A 1
V Everitt* 1 1 1 1 4
B Ferris CBE 1 - 1 1 3
P HendyCBE - - - 1 1
W Hull* - 1 1 1 3
K Ludeman 1 1 1 1 4
C Major 1 - - 1 2
S Mullins OBE 1 1 1 1 4
O Nwofor* N/A N/A 1 1 2
G Powell* N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
P Rosser 1 1 1 1 4
A Smith 1 1 - 1 3
L Williams MBE 1 1 1 1 4
Total 11 8 9 12 40

There have been some changes to the Trustees in 2021/22.

We welcomed Obi Nwofor and Gareth Powell to the Board in October 2021 and March 2022 respectively. Obi is Senior Operating Officer at TfL and as such is one of the TfL nominated Trustees. Gareth is Chief Customer and Strategy Officer and Deputy Commissioner at TfL and another TfL nominated Trustee.

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Sandeep Dwesar, Michèle Dix and Vernon Everitt retired from the Board during the year.

At 31 March 2022, there were 12 Trustees. More information and short biographies of the Trustees can be found on the Museum website: https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/about-us/governance

Trustee induction and training

New Trustees undergo an orientation programme to brief them on their obligations under charity and company law, the content of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the committee and decisionmaking processes, the business plan and recent performance of the Museum. During their induction they are invited to spend time with the LTM Managing Director and meet senior staff and are provided with relevant reference material.

Committees

The Board of Trustees has four committees:

Relationship with TfL

When London Transport Museum Limited was established in 2008, a series of written agreements was put in place between TfL and LTM. These set out an umbrella agreement for the continued provision and maintenance of the Museum, covering many aspects of the operation and funding of LTM, and the long-term relationship between the parties. Beneath this there is a funding agreement and an Intellectual Property agreement, while Items in the Museum collection owned by TfL are subject to a management loan agreement between the Museum and the parent company.

As a wholly owned subsidiary company within the TfL Group, the Museum has access to support and advice from other Group functions in areas such as accounting, taxation, property, marketing and contracts. The Museum receives substantial support from parts of the TfL Group such as Finance, Human Resources (HR), Internal Audit and Payroll. The Museum occupies premises which are owned or leased by TfL Group companies and is given access to TfL assets such as disused stations. Varying financial arrangements apply to the various Group services, many of which are supplied at no cost to the Museum. Further details can be found in the Notes to the Financial Statements.

The Museum generally adopts TfL’s HR, Procurement and other policies unless a Museum-specific policy has been agreed by the Board and takes precedence. Examples of Museum policies include safeguarding, reserves, and sponsorship.

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Employment policies

At the end of March 2022, the Museum directly employed 113 full-time equivalents, excluding staff employed via agencies.

The Museum is part of the TfL Framework for Consultation and Collective Bargaining. Pay negotiations for the majority of staff are conducted between the TfL Company Council for Collective Bargaining and the recognised trades unions which are the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSSA). The Museum retains responsibility for the distribution of base pay budgets and the level and distribution of performance awards. As part of TfL’s review of its Framework, LTM is seeking to devolve greater responsibility for consultation and collective bargaining to Museum management working with local TU representatives.

Pay and remuneration of the Museum’s key management personnel, (including the Managing Director but excluding the Trustees who are volunteers and receive no remuneration) is subject to the TfL Senior Management Reward Framework which uses base pay to recognise an individual’s overall value to the organisation in relation to internal and external job markets, and performance awards to reward individual contribution within the overall context of organisational performance. The framework is underpinned by TfL’s Performance Management and Competency frameworks, linking performance and behavioural assessment directly with pay and performance awards. Pay and remuneration of the Museum’s key management personnel is overseen by the Remuneration Committee.

As part of the TfL group, Museum staff receive certain staff benefits including free or discounted travel on public transport services operated by TfL. Staff are also entitled to join the TfL Pension scheme.

Charitable objectives and public benefit

When reviewing the Museum’s aims, objectives and achievements, and in planning future activities, the Trustees of LTM have had due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. We believe that LTM upholds the principles of public benefit against the two key aspects established by the Charity Commission:

1. Benefit aspect: That the Museum has beneficial purposes and that any detriment or harm that results from those purposes does not outweigh the benefit.

LTM’s purposes as a charity are to advance the heritage of transport in London and to educate the public about the history of transport in London through the provision, operation and maintenance of a transport museum for the public benefit. LTM also seeks to educate the public about the wide role of transport in the life and work of London past, present and future, and to help develop the skills and employability of our beneficiaries, particularly with regard to transport and engineering.

The Museum provides clear and identifiable benefits to the public in three categories of activity: access and museum operations, education and engagement, and heritage and collections.

LTM does no harm or detriment through its charitable activities. The health and safety of staff and visitors are taken very seriously, and the Museum operates safety management systems to reduce and manage risks. We seek to manage our impact on the environment, for example, we use photovoltaic solar panels on the Museum roof.

2. Public aspect: That the Museum delivers benefits to the public in general, and that these benefits are not unduly restricted and do not give rise to more than incidental personal benefit.

LTM delivers benefits to visitors onsite, offsite and online: at the Museum in Covent Garden and the Depot in Acton; to school children and audiences across Greater London who take part in our educational, community and engagement activities at the Museum and elsewhere; to users of our website and audiences who engage with our content on social media channels. Our audience development and community outreach work, our skills development work, and our employability programmes engage with people who would not normally visit museums and galleries and help inspire the next generation of engineers and transport professionals.

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Exceptionally, the Museum at Covent Garden was closed at the beginning of the financial year, reopening in May 2021. Under normal circumstances, the Museum at Covent Garden is fully accessible, and we welcome visitors on all but three days of the year. We have resumed most of ‘usual’ activity including special early morning events for families with children who have special educational needs, and our schools’ programmes throughout term time.

In normal times, our visitors come from across London and the world. Our usual practice to take our heritage vehicles out onto the roads and rails, make historic disused stations publicly accessible, visit schools and work with local communities across the Capital has all resumed with the exception of heritage vehicle outings. We loan objects to other institutions to extend our reach and increase access to our collections. Our comprehensive, free online resources are available 24 hours a day and include access to information about exhibits in our gallery as well as thousands of objects not normally on public display.

Where the Museum delivers private benefits to individuals or companies, these are subject to appropriate commercial arrangements undertaken through a subsidiary company to generate funds for the Museum. No LTM or TfL staff receive private benefit other than in an incidental way and, with the exception of Sam Mullins OBE who receives a salary in respect of his position as the Museum’s Managing Director, the Board members receive no payments for their role as Trustees of the Museum.

Safeguarding

London Transport Museum aims to promote opportunities for children and young people to engage with the richness of our collection, enjoy education and employment opportunities through the Museum and our wider transport community, and to participate in the debate about the future of London.

At London Transport Museum, we are committed to excellence in the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults who engage with all our activities including our collections, programmes, education and employment initiatives. We believe that the welfare of children and vulnerable adults is paramount, and that all children and vulnerable adults, whatever their age, culture, disability, gender, racial origin, religious beliefs or sexual identity have the right to protection.

We will ensure that all concerns and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately and that our staff, volunteers, associates and Trustees will be trained and know how to respond to concerns raised.

London Transport Museum will promote a positive ethos of collaboration with children and/or vulnerable adults. We will take every reasonable step to ensure that all children and vulnerable adults engaged with our services are safe and protected.

We keep our Safeguarding Policy and procedures under regular review to ensure that we exemplify best practice. We undertake a substantial ongoing programme of training and communication.

Fundraising

London Transport Museum actively pursues funding from the corporate sector, trusts, foundations, statutory and industry funders and from individuals to fund our charitable activity and extend our community and audience reach. We seek to establish relationships with those who have good reason to support the Museum, particularly, those who are willing and able to work collaboratively with the Museum in the longterm. This includes, but is not exclusive to, the transport industry and companies who do business with Transport for London.

Before entering into a partnership or relationship, the Museum will assess any potential harm a partnership could have on London Transport Museum, Transport for London, Museum audiences and stakeholders.

The decision on whether to develop a partnership or relationship will be based on the following criteria:

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The above assessments are made by Museum staff. We do not employ the services of professional fundraisers or commercial participators.

Other than via admission charges for entry to the Museum, only a relatively small amount of our fundraising activity is aimed at the general public. We do not undertake street collections, telephone campaigns or employ any fundraising techniques that would constitute an unreasonable intrusion on a person’s privacy or are unreasonably persistent or place undue pressure on a person to give money or other property. We maintain a database of subscribers to our email newsletter, and where we collect personal information this is managed in line with current data protection legislation. If an individual has agreed to receive our newsletter, we will send regular updates that will include information about the Museum’s work, as well as our events, special offers and fundraising activities. Further information about how LTM uses personal information can be found in our privacy statement: https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/privacy

The Museum has voluntarily subscribed to the scheme for fundraising regulation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Fundraising Regulator. We also pay for membership of the Institute of Fundraising for key members of the Museum’s fundraising team.

We have received no complaints regarding our fundraising in 2021/22. The Trustees are content that all donations are in line with the Museum’s policies.

Information transparency

Data relating to London Transport Museum, including details of reports, expenditure and Freedom of Information requests can be found by visiting the TfL Transparency pages on the TfL website: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency

Reserves policy

The total held in reserves at 31 March 2022 is £27.8m (2021: £26.9m) of which £27.0m (2021: £26.1m) is unrestricted, including £20.1m (2021: £21.0m) which comprises the non-cash Capital fund.

The charity has three types of reserves:

  1. General reserves are unrestricted funds which provide working capital and help deal with unplanned and unexpected expenditure or loss of funding.

  2. Designated reserves are unrestricted funds set aside by the Trustees for a specific purpose.

  3. Restricted reserves are reserves which have been created when donors or funders restrict the use of funds for a particular purpose.

The Museum has no endowment funds.

General reserves

General reserves (‘free reserves’ or ‘general unrestricted funds’) are funds not designated or restricted to a particular purpose, nor represented by fixed assets. In assessing the suitability of the adequacy of the level of free reserves, the Trustees have had regard to the Museum’s diverse income streams, cashflow requirements, the level of other designated funds, the organisation’s operational risks and the importance of TfL funding and support in the context of the Museum as a subsidiary company of TfL. An assessment has been made of the risk associated with each of the Museum’s income streams in the short to medium term, considering the certainty of the income, the targets for growth and the likely level of fluctuation that could occur. Expenditure has also been examined to identify the risk of potential increases.

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The target range for general reserves is between £1.1m to £2.3m. The year-end level of general reserves is £1.2m (2021: £2.5m). A reserves transfer of £3.1m has been made to designated reserves.

Designated reserves

The Museum holds four designated reserves funds.

1. Museum Asset Development Fund

To contribute towards the cost of asset renewals and other future capital expenditure associated with the Museum’s premises, facilities and fixed assets.

The Museum’s capital expenditure needs are variable and although external capital grants are usually sought, they can be difficult to secure and are unlikely to meet project costs in full. The target level for the fund is set at between £1m and £2m. The level of the Museum Asset Development fund at year end is £1.1m (2021: £1.1m).

2. Strategic Development Fund

To enable the Museum to fund important projects such as gallery and exhibition improvement and educational programmes. This enables the Museum to plan ahead for long lead-time exhibitions and educational programmes by providing some level of cover for the costs of such activities as the Museum cannot always wait until it raises all the funds for a project before committing to that project. Although there is no target level for this fund, Trustees have agreed a comprehensive LTM Gallery Masterplan which sets out a five-year outline of major projects and costs. At year end this fund was merged with the Future Exhibition Fund and augmented by a further transfer of £2.0m from the General Fund. The level of the Strategic Development Fund at year end is £3.5m (2021: £1.0m).

3. Capital Fund

To represent the net book value of the Museum’s tangible and intangible fixed assets.

The majority of these assets were transferred to LTM from TfL on 1 April 2008, and have been subsequently depreciated, added to with capital purchases and reduced by asset disposals. Reserves equivalent to the net balance sheet value of the assets are set aside in a designated fund as they do not represent funds readily available for other purposes. From this, the value of the fund equals the net book value of the tangible fixed assets. The level of the Capital Fund at year end is £20.1m (2021: £21.0.m).

4. Education Outreach Fund

To bridge the uncertainties of TfL funding and the financial year versus academic year, enabling a year’s programme to be offered in advance to schools without fear of cancellation. A transfer of £1.1m was made from the General Fund. The level of the Education Outreach Fund at year end is £1.1m (2021: nil).

Restricted reserves

The largest restricted fund is the Collections Development fund (CDF) which was established in 2012 following the auction of 400 surplus posters. The Museums Accreditation scheme requires that the disposal of any collection object creates an obligation to spend the income in a way which benefits the remaining collection. Accordingly, the Collections Development fund can only be used for acquisitions and conservation.

The Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust are all important supporters of LTM projects and programmes. Where the restricted funds supplied by these organisations only meet a proportion of project expenditure, transfers are made from general funds to meet the remaining cost; where projects are anticipated to be covered by restricted funds, but expenditure has occurred ahead of grant receipt, the fund will show a negative balance. Further details concerning restricted funds can be found in the notes to the financial statements. The Museum has £0.6m (2021: £0.7m) net reserves in funds subject to restrictions.

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Risk management

In October 2019 the Museum changed the categorisation of risks into Level 1 (strategic) risks and Level 2 (operational, asset, programme, and project) risks. This approach follows the risk categorisation adopted in TfL and is clear and easy to use and understand by LTM staff and Trustees.

An exercise to identify strategic risks was included in the annual Board awayday in November 2021. As a result, the strategic risks were revised and include three additional new strategic risks (Infrastructure: Location and Condition; Reputation and Salience; Readiness and Resilience). The new strategic risks have been considered as part of developing the forward plan – and will continue to inform and challenge our thinking.

The major risks to which the Museum is exposed are regularly reviewed and the Trustees’ risk management strategy includes the following actions:

The Museum’s strategic risks are identified as those with a potential impact that is rated ‘High’ or ‘Very High’, and which have a ‘High’ or ‘Very High’ likelihood of occurring. Two risks currently fall into the critical category:

The age and condition of museum accommodation and infrastructure impacts services. Extreme weather damages buildings and impedes access due to transport links. Long term uncertainty with the future of leases at CG and the Depot limit future prospects.

To mitigate these risks, the Trustees and/or Leadership Team have undertaken the following actions:

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Disclosure of information to auditors

The Trustees who held office at the date of approval of this Trustees’ Report confirm that, so far as they are each aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Museum’s auditors are unaware; and each Trustee has taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as a Trustee to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to establish that the Museum’s auditors are aware of that information.

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Trustees’ statement

Statement of responsibilities of the Trustees of London Transport Museum Limited in respect of the Trustees’ Annual Report and the Financial Statements

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Trustees’ Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law they are required to prepare the group and parent company financial statements in accordance with UK Accounting Standards and applicable law (UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group and charitable company and of the group’s excess of expenditure over income for that period. In preparing each of the group and charitable company financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that its financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the group and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 14 July 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

Keith Ludeman Chair of Trustees London Transport Museum Limited

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Trustees and advisers

Trustees and Directors

Board of Trustees

Keith Ludeman (Chair) Sam Mullins OBE (Managing Director) Marcus Arthur Sandeep Dwesar (resigned 30 July 2021) Michèle Dix CBE (resigned 5 October 2021) Vernon Everitt (resigned 26 January 2022) Bill Ferris CBE Sir Peter Hendy CBE

Winsome Hull Christine Major Obi Nwofor (from 6 October 2021) Gareth Powell* (from 1 March 2022) Pam Rosser Andrew Smith Liz Williams MBE

Audit and Risk Committee

Finance Committee

Andrew Smith (Chair) Michèle Dix CBE Sandeep Dwesar Keith Ludeman Sam Mullins OBE Obi Nwofor Pam Rosser

Keith Ludeman (Chair) Marcus Arthur Bill Ferris Vernon Everitt Winsome Hull Sam Mullins OBE Andrew Smith

Nominations Committee

Remuneration Committee

Keith Ludeman (Chair) Vernon Everitt Sam Mullins OBE Gareth Powell Liz Williams MBE

Liz Williams MBE (Chair) Vernon Everitt Keith Ludeman Sam Mullins OBE Gareth Powell

Directors of London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited

Marcus Arthur (Chair) Sam Mullins OBE (Managing Director) Sophie Bancroft Rebecca Crook Sandeep Dwesar (resigned 30 July 2021) Bill Ferris CBE

Andy McWilliams Vincent Nolan Kathy Quashie (resigned 17 May 2021) Pam Rosser Rikesh Shah Phil Swallow

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Advisers

Auditors

Moore Kingston Smith LLP 6th Floor 9 Appold Street London EC2A 2AP

Legal advisers

TfL In-House Legal Department Endeavour Square London E20 1JN

Bankers

HSBC 2nd Floor 62-76 Park Street London SE1 9DZ

Company secretary

Howard Carter

Museum Senior Leadership Team

To whom day-to-day management is delegated:

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Independent Auditor’s report

To the shareholder of London Transport Museum Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of London Transport Museum Limited (the ‘Parent Charitable Company’) and its subsidiaries (the ’Group’) for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the Group Statement of Financial Activities, the Group Summary Income and Expenditure Account, the Group and Parent Charitable Company Balance Sheets and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs(UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Charitable Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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’s and 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.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information contained in the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other

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information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and Parent Charitable Company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the Trustees’ Annual Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 20, the Trustees (who are also the Directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the group and parent charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the group or Parent Charitable Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK) we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

Explanation as to what extent the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.

Our approach was as follows:

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

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Use of our report

This report is made solely to the Charitable Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Charitable Company's members those matters which we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to any party other than the charitable company and Charitable Company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Neil Finlayson 6th Floor Senior Statutory Auditor 9 Appold Street for and on behalf of Moore Kingston Smith LLP London 14 July 2022 EC2A 2AP

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Consolidated statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 March 2022

Note
INCOME FROM:
Donations and legacies
Core grants
Other grants and donations
4
Charitable activities
Education and engagement
Access and museum operations
Heritage and collections
5
Other trading activities
6
Other income
Investments
Total income
EXPENDITURE ON:
Raising funds
Trading operations
7
Other fundraising activities
8
Charitable activities
Education and engagement
Access and museum operations
Heritage and collections
8
Net loss on disposal of fixed assets
Total expenditure
8
Net (expenditure)/income
Transfers between funds
16
Net movement of funds in year
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
16
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
Funds
2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
3,360
-
3,360
4,358
-
4,358
2,579
655
3,234
2,375
1,059
3,434
5,939
655
6,594
6,733
1,059
7,792
2,204
-
2,204
721
-
721
2,191
-
2,191
464
-
464
-
-
-
-
10
10
4,395
-
4,395
1,185
10
1,195
4,412
-
4,412
2,685
-
2,685
2
-
2
11
-
11
2
-
2
10
-
10
14,750
655
15,405
10,624
1,069
11,693
3,751
-
3,751
2,296
-
2,296
849
-
849
1,329
120
1,449
4,600
-
4,600
3,625
120
3,745
4,002
292
4,294
3,384
454
3,838
3,544
6
3,550
3,371
310
3,681
1,889
183
2,072
1,321
144
1,465
9,435
481
9,916
8,076
908
8,984
-
-
-
-
-
-
14,035
481
14,516
11,701
1,028
12,729
715
174
889
(1,077)
41
(1,036)
154
(154)
-
43
(43)
-
869
20
889
(1,034)
(2)
(1,036)
26,113
752
26,865
27,147
754
27,901
26,982
772
27,754
26,113
752
26,865

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Balance sheets as at 31 March 2022

Note
Fixed assets
Intangible fixed assets
11
Tangible fixed assets
12
Investments
Current assets
Stock
Debtors
13
Cash at bank and in hand
14
Current liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year
15
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Creditors falling due after one year
15
Net assets
Funds
Share capital
19
Restricted funds
16
Unrestricted funds
16
Total funds
Group
Group
Museum
Museum
2022
2021
2022
2021
£000
£000
£000
£000
329
357
329
357
19,749
20,642
19,749
20,642
-
-
-
-
20,078
20,999
20,078
20,999
560
738
-
-
1,612
788
1,832
1,952
8,905
7,453
7,955
6,428
11,077
8,979
9,787
8,380
(3,399)
(3,105)
(2,111)
(2,514)
7,678
5,874
7,676
5,866
27,756
26,873
27,754
26,865
(2)
(8)
-
-
27,754
26,865
27,754
26,865
-
-
-
-
772
752
772
752
26,982
26,113
26,982
26,113
27,754
26,865
27,754
26,865

The notes on pages 29 to 45 form part of these accounts.

These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 14 July 2022 and signed on their behalf by:

Keith Ludeman

Chair of Trustees London Transport Museum Limited

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Notes to the financial statements

1. Basis of preparation

a) Statement of compliance

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with:

London Transport Museum Limited is a ‘public benefit entity’ under FRS102.

b) Basis of measurement

The accounts are made up to 31 March 2022 and have been prepared under the accruals concept and in accordance with the historical cost accounting convention.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the charitable company will continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Trustees continue to review all available information on the Museum’s financial position, cash reserves and projections, committed and essential costs, available support packages and the performance of the Museum. The Museum has obtained a commitment from TfL to support the Museum as a going concern. In light of the available liquid and unrestricted reserves, existing income streams, and the support receivable from TfL, the Trustees have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts. The Trustees consider the Museum to be a going concern at the date of signature for the foreseeable future and to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for payment.

The financial statements have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (effective 1 January 2019).

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below.

c) Group financial statements

These financial statements consolidate the results of the Museum charity and its wholly owned subsidiary London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited on a line-by-line basis. Neither a separate statement of financial activities nor an income and expenditure account are presented for the Museum charity itself following the exemptions afforded by section 408 of the Companies Act 2006.

The functional currency of the Museum is the Pound Sterling and amounts in these accounts have been presented as rounded to £’000. Amounts denominated in foreign currencies have been converted to Sterling at rates of exchange ruling on the transaction dates. Amounts held in foreign currencies as at the balance sheet date have been translated into Sterling at rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date.

2. Uses of estimates and judgements

The preparation of Financial Statements in compliance with UK accounting standards requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Trustees and management to exercise judgement in applying the Museum’s accounting policies.

Items in the Financial Statements where these judgements and estimates have been made include amounts for goods, facilities and services donated for the Museum’s use. Where the benefit is quantifiable, and the goods and services would otherwise have had to be purchased, such items are recognised in the financial statements as both income and expenditure at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity in the period in which they are donated.

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As per SORP 2019 section 1.38, measurement issues, including attributing an economic value to the contribution of general volunteers, prevent the value of services provided by volunteers being incorporated into these financial statements. Further details of the contribution made by volunteers can be found in the body of the Trustees’ Annual Report.

The most significant judgment and estimate in the accounts is the value placed on the net assets transferred from TfL under the Transfer Scheme at 1 April 2008 when the charity was formed. These assets were valued at £28.74m, this being the written down value of the assets in the accounts of TfL as at 31 March 2008.

As at 31 March 2022, no estimates or assumptions made are considered to have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.

3. Accounting policies

a) Income

Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when all the following criteria are met:

Income from donations, grants and fundraising includes items that provide core funding or are of a general nature. These are recognised upon receipt. Such income would only be deferred when:

Income from corporate supporter memberships, commercial trading, sponsorships and other similar activities where benefits are delivered by the Museum or its subsidiary trading company, is recognised as the related goods and services are provided.

Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis.

It is the current Investment Policy of the Museum to invest surplus funds in short-term cash deposits within the UK.

Income from charitable activities includes income received under contract or where entitlement to grant funding is subject to specific performance conditions which is recognised as the related goods or services are provided.

b) Expenditure

All expenditure (except capital expenditure) is included in the Statement of Financial Activities inclusive of any irrecoverable VAT. Expenditure is recognised when a liability is incurred and is classified under the following principal categories:

Where costs relate directly to an activity they have been allocated against that activity. Support costs (including governance costs) that relate to more than one activity have been allocated to activity cost categories on the basis of direct costs in each area of activity (see Note 7).

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c) Tangible and intangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets over £10,000 are capitalised at cost.

Tangible and intangible fixed assets are depreciated or amortised on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives as follows:

Plant, software and equipment 3 – 10 years Buildings and refurbishments 10 – 35 years

Structural improvements to the fabric of the Museum at Covent Garden are depreciated over the remaining life of the lease for the building. Other building work is capitalised if it is considered that future economic benefits in excess of the originally assessed standard of performance will flow as a result of that work.

d) Heritage assets

Heritage assets are those assets of historical, artistic or scientific importance that are held to advance the preservation, conservation and educational objects of the Museum. The Museum collections consist of over 500,000 items which are on loan from TfL. Assets on loan are not capitalised within these financial statements although expenditure relating to their use and maintenance is included in the Statement of Financial Activities.

e) Operating leases

Costs relating to operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease.

f) Stock

Stock is valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Cost includes only the purchase price of the items. Provision is made for obsolete and slow-moving items where appropriate. All stocks relate to the Museum’s retail activities.

g) Funds structure

Restricted funds are funds to be used for particular purposes laid down by the donors or which have been raised for a specific purpose.

Unrestricted funds are funds available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the Museum’s charitable objectives.

Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Trustees for particular purposes. The purposes and uses of the funds held in each of these categories are given in Note 16.

h) Pensions

The Museum participates in a pension scheme operated by TfL providing benefits based on final pensionable pay. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Museum. The charity is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities of the scheme on a consistent and reasonable basis and therefore, as permitted by the multi-employer exemption in FRS 17 ‘Retirement Benefits’, it is accounted for as if it were a defined contribution scheme. As a result, the amount charged to the Statement of Financial Activities represents the contributions payable to the scheme in respect of the accounting period. The disclosures required under FRS 102 are given in Note 20.

Except in so far as disclosed in Note 20, the Museum has taken advantage of the exemption set out in section 33 of FRS 102 not to disclose any transactions with other TfL Group undertakings.

j) Taxation

The Museum is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

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k) Cash flow

The Museum has taken advantage of the exemption, under FRS 102 paragraph 1.12(b), from preparing a statement of cash flows, on the basis that it is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Transport Trading Limited and its cash flows are included within the consolidated financial statements of that company which are publicly available.

l) Financial instruments

Financial assets held by the Museum are classified as “loans and debtors” within the scope of sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102.

Financial liabilities within the scope of sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 are classified as financial liabilities measured at amortised cost.

The Museum determines the classification of its financial instruments at initial recognition and re-evaluates this designation at each financial year end. When financial instruments are recognised initially, they are measured at fair value, being the transaction price plus any directly attributable transactional costs. The subsequent measurement of financial instruments depends on their classification as follows:

Trade and other debtors are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost. For trade debtors this is after an allowance for estimated impairment. The allowance is based on objective evidence that the Museum will not be able to recover all amounts due, through a review of all accounts and prior experience of collecting outstanding balances. Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.

The fair value of trade and other debtors is estimated as the present value of future cash flows, discounted at the market rate of interest at the reporting date. This fair value is determined for disclosure purposes

Trade creditors and other payables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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4. Donations and legacies

Legacies
Grants from TfL
Other grants
Cultural Recovery Fund
Coronavirus job retention scheme
Arts Council funding
Donated services
Central services from TfL
Other
Benefit dinners
Other donations
Total
2022
2022
2022
2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
50
-
50
-
3,360
-
3,360
4,358
1,325
-
1,325
1,750
-
-
-
578
-
333
333
272
300
-
300
315
105
-
105
-
489
-
489
-
310
322
632
519
5,939
655
6,594
7,792

5. Charitable activities

a) Analysis by source of income

Museum admissions
STARS income
Grants for youth engagement activity
Other charitable income
Total
2022
2022
2022
2021
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
2,191
-
2,191
464
2,154
-
2,154
668
-
-
-
53
50
-
50
10
4,395
-
4,395
1,195

b) Analysis by type of charitable activity

Museum admissions
STARS income
Grants for youth engagement activity
Other charitable income
Total
2022
2022
2022
2022
2021
Education
and
engagement
Access and
museum
operations
Heritage
and
collections
Total
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
-
2,191
-
2,191
464
2,154
-
-
2,154
668
-
-
-
-
53
50
-
-
50
10
2,204
2,191
-
4,395
1,195

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6. Other trading activities

6. Other trading activities
2022
2021
£000
£000
Retail turnover 2,752
1,653
Other turnover
Venue hire 231
50
Hidden London 538
97
Commercial sponsorship 395
373
Corporate membership 480
502
Other revenue 16
10
Total turnover 4,412
2,685

7. Expenditure

a) Direct and apportioned costs

Cost of goods sold
Other trading subsidiary costs
Other fundraising activities
Costs of raising funds
Education and engagement
Access and museum operations
Heritage and collections
Charitable activities
Total
2022
2022
2022
Direct
costs
Support
costs
Total
£000
£000
£000
1,182
-
1,182
2,337
232
2,569
352
497
849
3,871
729
4,600
1,776
2,518
4,294
1,469
2,081
3,550
857
1,215
2,072
4,102
5,814
9,916
7,973
6,543
14,516
Cost of goods sold
Other trading subsidiary costs
Other fundraising activities
Costs of raising funds
Education and engagement
Access and museum operations
Heritage and collections
Charitable activities
Total
2021
2021
2021
Direct costs
Support
costs
Total
£000
£000
£000
674
-
674
1,622
-
1,622
307
1,141
1,449
2,603
1,141
3,745
1,344
2,493
3,837
751
2,930
3,681
416
1,050
1,466
2,511
6,473
8,984
5,114
7,614
12,729

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b) Support costs allocation

Premises and facilities
Finance and management
Marketing
Systems
Design and presentation
Governance
Total 2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
Education
and
engagement
Access and
museum
operations
Heritage
and
collections
Raising
funds
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
1,663
1,374
802
551
4,390
568
469
274
112
1,423
147
122
71
29
369
82
68
40
16
206
38
31
18
7
94
20
17
10
14
61
2,518
2,081
1,215
729
6,543
Premises and facilities
Finance and management
Marketing
Systems
Design and presentation
Total 2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
Education
and
engagement
Access and
museum
operations
Heritage
and
collections
Raising
funds
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
1,405
1,652
592
643
4,292
829
974
349
379
2,531
127
149
53
59
388
43
50
18
19
130
89
105
38
41
273
2,493
2,930
1,050
1,141
7,614

8. Net expenditure

This is stated after charging:

This is stated after charging:
2022 2021
£000
£000
Depreciation 1,515
1,501
Amortisation 36
24
Auditor’s remuneration
Audit – Museum 32
24
Audit – Trading company 10
6
Other non-audit services -
-
Operating lease costs 816
813

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9. Trading subsidiary

The Museum has a single subsidiary company, London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited (LTM(T)L), company number 06527755, having an issued share capital of £1, wholly owned by London Transport Museum Limited.

LTM(T)L undertakes retail operations, venue hire, commercial sponsorships, the Museum corporate membership scheme and Hidden London activities.

LTM(T)L profit and loss account for the year ended 31 March 2022

2022
2021
£000
£000
Turnover 4,412
2,685
Cost ofgoods sold (1,182)
(674)
Gross profit 3,230
2,011
Operatingexpenses (2,569)
(1,622)
Profit from ordinary activities before taxation 661
389
Tax on ordinaryactivities -
-
Total comprehensive income for the year 661
389
LTM(T)L balance sheet as at 31 March 2022
2022
2021
£000
£000
Current assets
Stock 560
738
Debtors 471
463
Cash and cash equivalents 951
1,022
Total current assets 1,982
2,223
Creditors fallingdue within oneyear (1,980)
(2,215)
Net current assets 2
8
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors fallingdue after more than oneyear (2)
(8)
Net assets -
-
Capital and reserves
Profit and loss account -
-
Share capital -
-
Equity shareholder’s funds -
-

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10. Staff costs and staff numbers

a) Total remuneration

2022
2021
£000
£000
Wages and salaries 4,087
4,080
Social security costs 434
420
Pension costs 1,054
1,012
Total 5,575
5,512

During the year there were no redundancies (2021: nil) and no severance payments (2021: nil).

The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer’s pension contributions) amounted to over £60,000 in the year is given below.

2022 2021
£60,000 - £70,000 2 4
£70,001 - £80,000 2 -
£80,001 - £90,000 - 1
£90,001 - £100,000 2 1

b) Key management personnel

The key management personnel of the Museum comprise the Trustees and the Senior Leadership Team (see Trustees and advisers pages 21 to 22). The total employee benefits including employer’s pension and national insurance contributions of the key management personnel were £746,972 (2021: £666,184).

The Managing Director is the only Director employed by the Museum and received emoluments, including salary, fees, benefits in kind and other emoluments, totalling £112,547 (2021: £101,580). The Museum made nil contributions to the TfL Pension Fund, a defined benefit scheme, on behalf of the Managing Director for the year (2021: nil). The Managing Director did not receive any emoluments in his role as a Trustee (2021: nil).

Other than the Managing Director, one Trustee (Winsome Hull) received employee benefits from the Museum of £246 (2021: nil) for participation on an Advisory Board for the Legacies exhibition.

TfL-nominated Trustees are also employees of TfL, a related party.

TfL Trustee and role Remuneration Employer’s
pension
contributions
Other benefits Total
Michèle Dix CBE*
ManagingDirector,Crossrail 2
£136,746 - £907 £137,653
Vernon Everitt
Managing Director, Customers,
Communication & Technology
£271,478 - £354,563 £626,041
Winsome Hull
Senior Business StrategyManager
£83,667 £18,760 £784 £103,211
Obi Nwofor
Senior OperatingOfficer
£90,350 £31,853 £1,740 £123,943
Gareth Powell*
Chief Customer & StrategyOfficer
£378,067 £7,836 £2,227 £388,130

No reimbursements of Trustees’ expenses were made in the year (2021: nil).

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c) The average number of full-time equivalent employees was:

Education and engagement
Access and museum operations
Heritage and collections
Activities to generate funds
Support functions
Total
2022
2021
20.3
23.4
29.1
27.5
10.2
9.9
24.2
20.5
24.4
24.9
108.2
106.2

11. Intangible fixed assets

Group and Museum
Cost
At 1 April 2021
Additions
Transfers
Disposals
Reclassifications
At 31 March 2022
Amortisation
At 1 April 2021
Charge for the year
Amortisation on disposal
Reclassifications
At 31 March 2022
Net book value
At 1 April 2021
At 31 March 2022
Software
Assets under
construction
Total
£000
£000
£000
310
70
380
6
27
33
(25)
-
(25)
-
-
-
-
-
-
291
97
388
(23)
-
(23)
(36)
-
(36)
-
-
-
-
-
-
(59)
-
(59)
286
70
356
232
97
329

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12. Tangible fixed assets

Group and Museum
Cost
At 1 April 2021
Additions
Transfers
Disposals
Reclassifications
At 31 March 2022
Depreciation
At 1 April 2021
Charge for the year
Depreciation on disposal
Reclassifications
At 31 March 2022
Net book value
At 1 April 2021
At 31 March 2022
Property
and
buildings
Plant and
equipment
Assets under
construction
Total
£000
£000
£000
£000
36,657
2,121
35
38,813
229
88
280
597
-
-
25
25
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
36,886
2,209
340
39,435
(16,598)
(1,573)
-
(18,171)
(1,364)
(151)
-
(1,515)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(17,962)
(1,724)
-
(19,686)
20,059
548
35
20,642
18,924
485
340
19,749

13. Debtors

Trade debtors
Amounts due from TfL group
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Group
Group
Museum
Museum
2022
2021
2022
2021
£000
£000
£000
£000
463
262
75
7
449
74
835
1,515
53
-
53
-
647
452
869
430
1,612
788
1,832
1,952

14. Cash at bank and in hand

Current accounts and in hand
Short-term deposit accounts
Group
Group
Museum
Museum
2022
2021
2022
2021
£000
£000
£000
£000
3,865
2,408
2,955
1,428
5,040
5,045
5,000
5,000
8,905
7,453
7,955
6,428

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15. Creditors

a) Amounts falling due within one year

Group Group Museum Museum
2022 2021 2022 2021
£000 £000 £000 £000
Trade creditors 524 138 401 321
Amounts due to TfL group - 128 55 -
Taxation and social security 64 54 - 17
Other creditors and accruals 1,831 1,036 1,643 882
Deferred income 980 1,749 12 1,294
3,399 3,105 2,111 2,514
b) Amounts falling due after one year
Group Group Museum Museum
2022 2021 2022 2021
£000 £000 £000 £000
Deferred income 2 8 - -
2 8 - -
c) Deferred income
Group Group Museum Museum
2022 2021 2022 2021
£000 £000 £000 £000
Brought forward 1,757 1,580 1,294 1,108
Utilised in year (1,749) (1,561) (1,294) (1,108)
Deferred in year 974 1,738 12 1,294
Carried forward 982 1,757 12 1,294
Amounts falling due within one year 980 1,749 12 1,294
Amounts falling due after one year 2 8 - -

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16. Statement of group funds

a) Total funds

Restricted
Arts Council England
Collections Development fund
LTM Friends
Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust
Met 1 train
Met 353 carriage
Q stock
Untangling the Tracks exhibition
Windrush Day grant
Royal Commission of 1851
Kusuma Trust
Art Fund
Unrestricted funds
Designated funds
Capital fund
Museum strategic development fund
Future exhibitions and education fund
Museum asset development fund
Education outreach fund
General funds
Total funds
1 April
2021
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
31 March
2022
£000
£000
£000
£000
£000
-
332
(313)
-
19
573
-
(16)
-
557
1
105
(89)
-
17
15
109
(15)
(15)
94
98
-
-
(98)
-
38
-
-
(38)
-
24
-
-
-
24
3
-
-
(3)
-
-
21
(21)
-
-
-
21
(21)
-
-
-
37
(6)
-
31
-
30
-
-
30
752
655
(481)
(154)
772
20,999
-
-
(921)
20,078
985
-
-
2,500
3,485
500
-
-
(500)
-
1,120
-
-
-
1,120
-
-
-
1,106
1,106
2,509
14,750
(14,035)
(2,031)
1,193
26,113
14,750
(14,035)
154
26,982
26,865
15,405
(14,516)
-
27,754

Restricted funds

Arts Council England support is comprised of the National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) grant and restricted funding for the How to Make a Poster project. NPO funding provides support for a diverse range of Museum programmes and activities.

The Collections Development fund (CDF) was established in 2012/13 following the auction of 400 surplus posters. This fund can only be used for collections acquisitions and conservation.

LTM Friends supports a range of Museum programmes and activities including the library management system (LMS) project, vehicle restoration and Acton community projects.

The Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust (LRPCT) funds the Impact and Evaluation Manager role and a Learning Officer role.

The Q stock fund will be used for any future conservation work on this heritage asset.

The Met 1 train and Met 353 carriage funds were for conservation work on these heritage assets. These funds were fully spent, and the projects completed, several years ago. Transfers to the General Fund have been made to adjust for the remaining fund balance.

The Untangling the Tracks exhibition was funded through unrestricted sponsorship income. A transfer to the General Fund has been made to correct the remaining balance.

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The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Windrush Day grant funded work towards the Legacies exhibition.

The Royal Commission of 1851 supports the Museum’s Engineering Your Neighbourhood project.

Kusuma Trust UK supports the pilot Inspire Engineering Careers project.

The Art Fund Reimagine grant supports the Progressing Participatory Practice programme.

Designated funds

The Capital fund represents the net book value of the Museum’s tangible fixed assets. It is written down by the value of depreciation and increased by any additions to the Museum’s fixed assets.

The designated funds carried forward totalled £25.8m (2021: £23.6m).

b) Analysis of group net assets between funds

Fund balances at 31 March 2022:
Fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Long term liabilities
Total net assets at 31 March 2022
Total net assets at 31 March 2021
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
funds
£000
£000
£000
20,078
-
20,078
10,305
772
11,077
(3,399)
-
(3,399)
(2)
-
(2)
26,982
772
27,754
26,113
752
26,865

17. Operating leases

Within one year
Between two and five years
Over five years
Total
2022
2021
£000
£000
802
813
3,208
3,208
12,651
13,456
16,661
17,477

On 17 September 2018 the London Transport Museum entered into a new building contract at Albany House. The new contract is a licence fee arrangement, between TfL and London Transport Museum, which expires on 18 December 2024, with a review of rent in March 2022.

While the Albany House licence fee is in substance an operating lease, as the terms are cancellable, there is no requirement to disclose this as an operating lease.

Under this contract there is a rent-free period of 15 months and this is accounted for on a straight-line basis, over the term of the licence. The annual rental is £316k subject to review in March 2022.

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18. Capital commitments

Capital commitments at the end of the year not otherwise included in the accounts are as follows:

2022 2021
£000 £000
Cubic foyer 32 -
Cycle hire vehicle interpretation point 9 -
Online library 7 -
Elizabeth line display 6 -
Gallery - 1
Phase 2 online shop platform project - 6
Covent Garden LTM lift project - 92
Total capital commitments 54 99

19. Share capital

19. Share capital
2022 2021
£ £
Authorised
1 ordinary share of £1 1 1
Allotted, issued and fully paid up
1 ordinary share of £1 1 1

As permitted by FRS 102 and SORP 2019, because no new equity shares have been issued, the Museum has not produced a separate statement of changes in equity for the reporting period.

20. Pensions

Background

The Museum offers retirement plans to its employees. The majority of the Museum’s staff are members of the Public Sector Section of the TfL Pension Fund, which is a final salary scheme established under trust. Benefits are based on an employee’s length of service and final pensionable pay. The Fund’s Trustee is the TfL Trustee Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of TfL. Under the rules of the Fund, its 18 Trustee Directors are nominated in equal numbers by TfL and on behalf of the Fund’s membership.

Every three years, the TfL Pension Fund actuary makes valuations and recommends the level of contributions to be made by the participating employers to ensure the long-term solvency of the Fund. The latest available valuation of the Fund was carried out as at 31 March 2021 by the Actuary, a partner of consulting actuaries Willis Towers Watson, using the projected unit method. A revised Schedule of Contributions was agreed between the Trustee and the employers following the formal funding valuation of the Public Sector Section.

Under the valuation report, the Fund held a surplus of £179m as at 31 March 2021. Assets totalled £13,085m and the defined benefit obligation totalled £12,906m. A revised Schedule of Contributions was agreed between the Trustee and the employers following the formal funding valuation. This set out a future service contribution rate of 27.3 per cent for the employers and five per cent for members.

The underlying assets and defined benefit obligation of the TfL Pension Fund cover a number of Group entities and cannot be readily split between each undertaking. No contractual agreement is in place to allocate the total net surplus between the member entities. Thus, in accordance with IAS 19, the TfL Corporation, as the Scheme sponsor, has recognised the total net defined benefit surplus in its own accounts.

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As at the Balance Sheet date, no allocation of the surplus of the Fund has been made between the various TfL Group companies, including London Transport Museum. Should this position change in future, an allocation may be made, and the Museum may, at that point, become liable for its share of the deficit or surplus. There are no present plans for such an allocation to be made.

Further information regarding the TfL Pension Fund can be found in the TfL Annual Report and Statement of Accounts.

Accounting

The Museum’s ultimate parent, Transport for London, and the Museum’s fellow subsidiaries participate in the Public Sector Section of the TfL Pension Fund. Because the Museum is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities on a consistent and reasonable basis, as permitted by FRS 102, the Museum treats contributions to the Public Sector Section as if they were contributions to a defined contribution plan. The Museum’s contributions to the Fund of £1,016,325 (2021: £981,987) have been charged to the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities.

Other pension schemes

Pension contributions of £19,262 (2021: £7,458) have been made to the London Pension Fund Authority Pension Fund, a funded multi-employer defined benefit scheme, administered by the London Pension Fund Authority. The underlying assets and defined benefit obligation of the London Pension Fund Authority Pension Fund cover a number of TfL Group entities and cannot be readily split between each undertaking. The TfL Corporation has recognised the TfL Group’s share of the net defined benefit obligation in its own accounts.

LTM also made employer contributions to two defined contribution schemes totalling £18,854 (2021: £5,734).

21. Related party transactions

London Transport Museum Limited is a wholly owned charitable subsidiary company of Transport Trading Limited (TTL), which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary company of Transport for London (TfL). TfL provides financial assistance to the Museum in the form of grants for Museum operations and, in addition, certain divisions of TfL provide financial support to the Safety and Citizenship (STARS) Programme and other Museum activities as agreed on a project-by-project basis.

In line with paragraph 33.1A of FRS 102, the Museum, as a wholly owned subsidiary of TTL, is not required to disclose transactions with other wholly owned members of the group headed by TfL.

Museum staff are provided with passes that allow free or discounted travel on TfL services for themselves and a nominee. TfL also offers Museum Trustees and non-executive Directors of London Transport Museum (Trading) Limited (LTM(T)L) restricted travel privileges.

TfL Group companies receive discounts on the hire of Museum facilities, and all TfL staff receive free entry to the Museum and discounts in the Museum shop.

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The Museum also entered into transactions with other related parties during the year as set out below.

Party Nature of
relationship
Transaction 2022
Income
2022
Expenditure
2022
Debtor
2022
Creditor
£000 £000 £000 £000
LTM Friends Sam Mullins is
a Trustee of
LTM Friends
Grant awarded
during the year
and
reimbursement of
volunteer
expenses
105 6 105 6
International
Association of
Transport and
Communications
Museums
(IATM)
Sam Mullins is
the President
of the IATM
IATM contribution
towards
communications,
webinar and
office support
from LTM
2 - 2 -
SS Great Britain
Trust
Sam Mullins is
Vice Chair of
SS Great
Britain
Payment of
expenses for
attendance at
annual board
awayday
- 1 - -
UKTV Media
Limited
Marcus Arthur
is Chief
Executive
Officer of
UKTV
Income for
additional venue
hire event costs
3 - - -
During 2020/21 the Museum entered into transactions with other related parties as set out below.
Party Nature of
relationship
Transaction 2021
Income
2021
Expenditure
2021
Debtor
2021
Creditor
£000 £000 £000 £000
LTM Friends Sam Mullins is
a Trustee of
LTM Friends
Grant awarded
during the year
10 - - -

In addition to the financial transactions summarised above, the Museum also provides LTMF with office and IT facilities, and support for marketing and other activities.

Sir Peter Hendy and Phil Swallow are also Patrons of the Museum.

A number of Museum Trustees, Directors of LTM(T)L and key management personnel of TfL, also received leaving and thank you gifts of LTM(T)L retail merchandise during the year.

Michèle Dix, a Trustee, received a moquette cube (retail price £240) as a leaving gift. Sandeep Dwesar, a non-executive Director of LTM(T)L received a moquette otto blanket chest (retail price £470) as a leaving gift. Gareth Powell, a Trustee, received five Elizabeth line badges and a badge gift set (total retail price £45).

A number of key management personnel of TfL which is a related entity also received gifts. Andy Byford, Commissioner, received two Elizabeth line face masks (total retail price £16) and Christmas knitwear (£35), to advertise LTM(T)L retail merchandise. Andy Lord, Chief Operating Officer, received free socks (retail price £40) as a thank you for speaking at a corporate supporters’ event.

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Our supporters

Corporate members

Leader

Abellio ABM Alexander Dennis Arriva London Arup Balfour Beatty Capita CDER Group (JBW Group) Clear Channel ComfortDelGro Cubic Transportation Systems EPC GB Railfreight Jacobs Marston Holdings Motorola Solutions MTR Elizabeth Line QBE Siemens Skanska – Part-time Sopra Steria Stadler Rail Stagecoach Telent Technology Services Thales UK* Worldline * denotes three-year membership

Driver

Computacenter Go-Ahead Group Keolis UK Mastercard Mott MacDonald Wabtec

Member

2CV Addleshaw Goddard BAI Communications BDB Pitmans BYD First Class Partnerships ESP Utilise Group Gowling WLG Morgan Sindall Infrastructure RATPDev Sacker & Partners Scheidt & Bachmann Trapeze Group* Yunnex Traffic

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Supporters and sponsors

Major supporters

Transport for London Arts Council England The National Lottery Heritage Fund DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund London Transport Museum Friends Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust

Museum supporters

Global - Global Gallery Cubic Transportation Systems - Cubic Theatre and Foyer Siemens - Inspire Engineering

Interchange thought leadership

Gowling WLG Thales UK

Content partners

RIA Jacobs – Rethinking Sustainable Cities PTV Group – Rethinking Sustainable Cities

Climate Crossroads

Cubic Mott MacDonald Mastercard Sopra Steria

Enjoyment to Employment

Siemens Costain Mastercard Telent Technology Services Thales UK Transport for London

Education supporters

Kusuma Trust Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851

Heritage and interpretation supporters

Art Fund London Transport Museum Friends

Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce exhibition supporter

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – Windrush Day Grant

Untangling the Tracks exhibition supporters

Thameslink Programme Partners: Department for Transport Network Rail Siemens Southeastern Govia Thameslink Railways

London’s Transport at War Gallery supporters

DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund Charles Hayward Foundation John S Cohen Foundation London Transport Museum Friends

Digging Deeper gallery supporters

Biffa Award Association of Independent Museums (AIM) Mott MacDonald London Transport Museum Friends

Future Engineers supporters and content partners

Bombardier Transportation DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund Luke Rees-Pulley Charitable Trust Cubic Transportation Systems Jacobs Mastercard Microsoft

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Patrons

Mark Allatt Ian Arthurton Sir David Bell David Brown Mike Brown MVO FRICS FCILT Paul Butler Roger Cooke Leon Daniels OBE Anna Delvecchio Steve Edge Martin Elms Jane Fogg Phil Fortey Garcia J Hanson Graham Hayden Sir Peter Hendy CBE Bill Hiron Adrian Hollands David Humphrey Tony Hocking Ken and Daphne Lousvet Rupert Lyons John Marshall Richard Meads MBE Peter and Susan Oakden Ian Ross Paul Ross Paul Sainthouse John A. Self OBE Mike and Pat Sutcliffe Phil and Caroline Swallow Tony Vroon Richard West Nicholas Woolf OBE and Fiona Woolf DBE Mark Yexley

We also have a number of Patrons who wish to remain anonymous.

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