HORNIMAN
MUSEUM
& GARDENS
Tho Hornlman Publlc Mus•um and Publlc Park Tru¥t
Annual Roport and Con8olldat•d Flnanclal Statsmonts
For th• year •nded 31 March 2024
Company Reglstratlon Number 2456393
Charlty Reglstrallon Numbor 802725

coKrENTS
Page
Twu8te8s' Annual Fiewrt
140
Remunerdth)n ReFX)rt
31
Slatemeni of Truslee8' and Chief EX￿tiVe'S Re8ponBlblNtle8
Govemance St8tsThnt
32-33
3446
Audltor8' to the Membws
3741
Con8011dated Ststement of Finandal AclMUe8
42
Balance Sheets
Con8011dated Cash Fkw StateThnt
Nole8 to the Account8
4&59
Addftlonal Inf￿rnatIon
APpe￿IlX I: DCMS Pthn¢e Indlcatorn
81
'Irs 8 fabulous place. I came thern...wrfth my
whole famlly. We were the people maklng a
lot of nolse wlth those musk81 Ihlngs in the
f8buh)u8 Garden8 th81you have. People told
m? what 8 bri1r￿lt museum it18, now I
I testify it for my8ell.'
Eddle N•stor. BBC Radlo London

Homlman Museum and Gard•ns
Tru8te88' Annual Report 2023124
Introducllon
The Homlman Mu8ewn aTNJ Gardens began wlth a gfft from Frederfck John Homlman In
1901 to the people in perp8turty comprisrKJ the knndltYJ collecalons, the hlstoric bulldirvJ
and the Gard8n8..They ww• dèdicatsd to the publie forever Yor their retsealion. InstruGIN)n '
arKI enjoyment, and were registered as a charity from the outset Homiman Mu8eum
arKI Public Park FourKlatlon). Thls gen8r(ws gfft has grown In both quallty arKI quaniity over
the last 100 ￿aT5.
Our coNectk)ns are nafjonally and Interna￿nallY Importart large and diverne. Our
Anthropology colledon is amongst the most Important In the UK: our MusScal Instrurnerrt
collectSon is the most dlverse In the UK. Those Designated collectlons, o>mbined wlth our
8peclacular Natural Hi8tory 3pecknen8, our popular Aquarium, Our Animal Walk and
Butterfy House alongside our 18.5 acres of awar[￿wInnI￿ Garden5. create a unlque
opporturty to uThlar8tsnd the workl arourKI u8.
We alm to 8hare the (x)lJectlon8 and the 88tats both on811e aTrJ onllne to dellver our
founding aim8 of 'Tecreatk)n. inslructkn arKI enjoymerf for a broad publlc now and Into the
future. Our prfmary actsvilles are developirvJ. cons8rvlry and interFYetlng ￿llectIonS aThJ
estate, and provkllng dlver8e. Inspirational ways for the publlc to engage **th, leam from
arKI Interact them.
MIMlon, Valu•6 and B•havlourd
The Homlman18 the only museum In LorKlon. In whlch nature cutture Can ba 8een Slde
. by Slde, allowlng us to engage wlth IntercOnr￿￿l15Su8s 8uch a8 dlrnate change and
mlgratkjn, In a posltlve way.
In September 2023, the Hominan'8 Senk)r Management Team fadlltat&l a 8erfe6 of
workshop8 wlth Slaff and volunteers to ￿lebrate ts past yeaf8 achievements, explore the
future dlrectlon of the Homlman and review our oroanlsatlonal valu8s aThl behavlours.
Feedback gather&J at these I￿rkShopS alorYJskJ• furtI￿r LX)nsultaik)n re8ulted In the
adopllon of Ihe follow1￿ sulte of ml88h)n, values and behaviours, also repre8entlng the
absorptlon of our prevk)u8 Re8et ￿r￿18 prknlUe8 Into our dawtrday a￿1VIty.
Our mtswn Is central to everythlry ￿ do. ¥thllst ow valu88 represent our core bellef8 and
8et the tone for our InterdCtion8 wlth staff, vS8ltors and other staket*)klers. Our b8haviour8
are tt)e pracllcal appllcatlon of our values- translatlng them Into day404ay adlons.
Our M1881on - The Homirnan (x)nnects us al wlth global culturns and th8 natural
envlronmenl, encouraglrvJ us to shape a p081dve fu￿re for the worll we all share.
Our Valuos
We are Inclush and welcomlng to ever￿n8

We are carfng arxl rospthl towards eath olf￿. our vIstto￿ arKI all our
stakeholders
We are frlandly. op￿7 and pth. embraGlrvJ cxJlla￿r8kn arKI fresh ways of
thlnklry.
Our B•h•vlou
. Ampilfylry dlverne ￿1¢88, N8brfe8, and rM8pe
Belng envlronmentalty sustalnable arwj encouraglrKJ blodlvwslty
commun1￿11r￿J clearfy and wlth wam
Encouraglno creatlvlty and enterprlse.
Corporat• alms
The owlng corporate alms whlth gave 8trurture and dkectton to our were:
AC￿88.. We wlll use the cA)Ilecthn8 arKI Gardens to stlrnulate curfoslty arKJ worKler,
prorThJting opportunltles for people of all ages, abllttles and backgrOur￿S to
partlclpate In arKI enjoy exhibitK)n8, &Jucatk>nal programme8, actlvitl88 and events-
both face-l(Aace arKI onllne.
Coll•cllons: We will safeguard arKI develop tha collecabn8 w that they can be
made as accessible a8 P06slbl8 now and Into th8 future.
Shaplng th• futur•: We wlll effecw manage our r880urn8 arKI bethme nKxe
finand811y re8lllent 80 that ￿ can contlnue to devebp aThJ thare ow collectlon8,
88tate arKI expert180 for the *lde8t PO88lble publlc bene
Publlc b•n•fft
The Tru8tees confimi that Ihey comply wlth thelr duty to have regwd lo the guldance on
publlc benefft publlshed by the Charity Commlsskin In exerclslrvJ thelr powers a￿1 dut￿6 a8
outllned further In th58 report.
Tre Homlman Museum and Gardens, a looal
landmark. off8rsJasonating exhibtts, beautllul
gardens, and famlly-frlendly event4 enrlchlng
the communi￿8 culturnl life.,
The Sunday TIMM, annual gulde of b•8t
pla￿$ to Ilve

Summary 2023124
The Homlman enjoyed a year of signlficant athleve￿¢nts durir¥J 2023124.
Nature + Love domlnated work plans for many staff as ￿ (x)ntlnued to work wlth a tslentsd
team of oxtemal designefs arKI corwllants on this tranSf0m￿li0naI re4evelopm6nt prolect
Aiming to make the Homlman Tr￿re trKIu31ve arxl aLx48sible. arnj tt) prioritise the clhnate
and bkJdlver81ty emrgency. the project wlll creale three oxcllrwj aitractk+ns ir￿lI￿ling a
natur&themed play area and thlldren'8 café; a Sustalnable Gardenlng Zone wilh rwi plant
nur8ery and sustslnable plantlrKJ dl8plays; arKI a redl8played Natural Hlstory Gallery. By
March 2024 we had ck)sed the whole of the gallery to Vi81tors and begun the decant of
obJe(*8 In advance of the works 8tartirYJ onslte latsr In 2024.
We were delightod to recelve I￿nfirmatIOn of our Stag• 2 award from th• N*tlonal
Lott•ry H•rltag• Fund (NLHF) of £5.74m to 8UPPOrt the project at the start of the year.
Th18 was In addftlon to thelr Inltlal development grant of £475k. Thls fanta8tlc new8
klckstarted a busy year of furKlr81slw ￿ many successes [r￿￿Ing generous grants from
a range of funders includlng the Foyle FouThla¥on, Garfi8kS Weston Foundatlon, Wolf8on
Foundat*)n, Oak Foundatlon and Bloornbe￿ Philanthroples.
A hlghllght of the year wa8 the launch of our *, 7IIT, T•• (Cha. Chal, T•a) exhlbttk)n,
rooted In the Homlman ￿llectIonS 8rnJ cfrdevelowl wfth (ximmunlty member8, It wa8
made p088lble by the generou8 fuNJing of The Esmée F81rt)alm Collecllons Fund. The
exhlbftlon explor88 thé ￿￿nIal hlstory a￿lIagaCY of the 19th ￿ntUry tea trade and the
Oplurii War8 In Chlna. a3 well ￿ legades of tea across Chknese aNI South Aslan
communltle6 today. Co-produced research. creathp oulputs and progrdmmlng showcased
a muttltude of per8pethe8 and volce8 that are often u￿Trepresented when explorlng thls
h18tory.
The Bfld( Dlnos exhlbFtJon proved p)pular wlth yourvJer vlsftors as dkj rn￿h of our publlc
progrnmmlng Includlng a famlly rave on the Band8tand delfvered lonq-tenn partner8
Big Fish LItUe Flsh; fre8 famlty play In th8 Ganlens wlth A88emble Play; 8fKI our year-round
famlly art and uaft $8sslon8 facllttated by our excellent volunteer8. As part of our cx)ntlnulrvJ
focu8 on celebratlng muslc from South London ￿ ran a BarKlstarKI Llve programme
curated by >t)uNJ people (urKler 30) In LeW￿haM and surroundlng boroughs and
a180 Invlted audlences lo experien(% a WlrnlTush Frort Room and the f88tJval Mu81c, Jerk.
'n Tlngs wlth partner TOAY Falrweather, a day of food arNJ mu8lc In the Gardens celebrallr
CarSbbean culture a8 part of our W1￿1￿*h 75 programmo.
2023124 was a succ*ssfvl a8 Vi8itor ntHnbers arxl finar￿￿81 per￿m￿nCe eXC￿led p
pandemlc levels for the fir8t tlme, arKI desplte a year of SIgn￿nt (X)8t thallenge8 due to
the hlgh level of Infiatk)n s￿1 several eXCep￿onal coth we were once agaln able to add
8mall surplus to General Reserves.
Overall, the annual vlsltor figures finlshed well above target at 924.213 for 2023124
compared to 862,015 last year. the third hIgtr￿t totsl on reconl and demonstrating an
excellent post Covld trajectory. (￿r ViYAtors rated their •xperlence at 98% posltlve.
Fundralslng perf0M￿nce, In addltlon to Ihe N+L campalw, was more than £400k atK)ve
larget and charltable aclivity, indudlng Ilcketlng arKI membershlp, generated the most
achieved in this area In our hlstory. Whllst our ￿MmercIal artlvlty alx) enpyed r8o)rd

breaklng sales. unfortunatety our wofft was knpacaed by increawl, exceptr)nal ￿Sts. A
Caterlng retender wa8 ￿Mpleted successfvltry during this pernd arKI a new visitor catering
suppller, Collccl, was appointed alongside some new event caterts￿ suppllers.
In parallel, the Estates team with 8UPPOrt from acr08s o￿an188￿ de16vered 8evetal
aphal projects Includlng the upgrade of hard larwJscaplrKJ In our Fopular and historic
Sunken Garden; the repalr of CUE (Centre for UnderstandlThJ Ihe EnvI￿nment)
buildlr¥'s roof. and uilical firestOPPlng I￿rk 8t our st￿]Y Collecik)ns Centré. uslw much-
needed capltal fundir¥ from th8 Departmert Cullure. m￿13 and Sport {DCMS).
We were delIght￿ to recelve several awards acro88 ts year and an èxcellenl vlsllor
experien(% rallng through Vl8lt England'• Vlsitor Attraction Qualtty Asse86ment stheme of
92%. London In Bloom 2023 awarded our Gardens the best Herltag6 Park and Garden,
wlnnlrvJ Gold and beiNJ the category wlnner. We wer8 dellghled th8t our Under the Soa
Soft PFay won the Best Tlcketed Evwtt In the AS￿CIatIOn for cul￿￿1 Enterprls08
Awards 2024. J(￿e8 de8crlb&J It a8 "a grnat initstNe, well executed wilh f8nt8Stic rnsults
and audA?nce eng896ThnY.. We 8hortllsted by Kld8 In Mu••um8 for thelr Famlly
Ftsndly Museum of the Year award, 86 best18rge museum. Saturday Famlty Craft
volunteers were awardad a hlghly comm•nd•d Certif￿at8 for the Marsh Award for
Volunteers In Mu86um Leamlng. cOffjra￿￿tl)￿ were d80 due to our Fonnal Leamlng
team who Y￿n Leamlru Progranyne of the Year In ￿ Muwim + Herltago Awards 2024.
The team pralsed for thelr fant88tk work eroagirv ￿K)re 88condary 8¢hool8.
We sald goodbye to our Chlef Exeth Dr N￿( ￿￿￿lman OBE durfng th18 year aNI
wlshed hlm every 8UC(w In hls new role as Chlef Execufve of Engllsh Herltage. Vlctorfa
Plnnlngton w88 appolnted as Interlm Chlef Execth alMg8lde her substantive role of
Dlrector, Communlcgtlons & IrK￿Th Gener8tSon 8nd we urKlertook an exten81ve 88arch for
new pemwnent CEO, appolnllrKJ Gordon Seabiight wlll th8 organl8atk)n In June.
We a180 were pleased to welcome new T￿￿ Dlana Malno, Soml Umolu and Nlck
Wyvor and Boanln)om appr8ntlce 8rfan O'sulllvan In Feb￿￿ry 2024.
Desplte the successes. thls wa8 arthr very ¢hallergkvJ year, a8 the rate of Infiatk)n
remalned hlgh, Th18 In resulted In pressures on pay and all other budgets, whkh
perslst de8plte some mltlgatk)n due to ts improved financlal performance. In the Ilght of
th58. we were hugely grateful for ts Support we rece1￿1 from tho gov8mmerrt over the
cour8e of the year to ensure our sustalnablllty.
We recognl8e thal many 8taff con11n￿ to V￿rt{ vAth heavy thk>ad8, and we thank them
for their (x>mmitment arKI contrlbutlon.
All these achlevemenls were made posslble by our granl-lrpakl f￿XIIng from the DCMS
WIK) are our key S￿nsor body.
A full118t of the perfomwnce Indlcak)rs whlch are reported to DCMS can be found at
Appondlx L

1.0 A¢ces8
Alm: We wlll use the coll•cdons and Garthn8 to 8timulate"curloslty and wonder.
promotlng opportunltl•s for peopkn of all ages. abllltl•s and backgrounds to
partlclpate In and •nJoy exhlbFllons. •ducatlonal progrdmm•s. actlvhl•s and •v•nts -
both facfrtObfx• and online.
Perfommnce agaln8t Access alm and obhcdv•s as ouulnod In fv Corporats Plan:
a. We welo)mgd 924213 vlslls to th8 Muwm and Gardens over the past year. over
100,000 rr￿re that our target of 820,0(K) a￿1 the third high8St total on record, arKI
attractad 1,024,046 websfte vtstts, exc￿Ing our target of 944,OCM).
b. General vlsltors lo the Museum ￿re 17% ethnlcally dlver8e and 6% from
disadvantsged 80d¢Mconomlc groups (NS-SEC 5-8). Both results are the same as
for the prevlous ye8r but fall sh)rt of our stretch tsws for attraialng a mr8 dlv8r88'
general audlence Ihal better reflects the London populatk)n. 9% of vl8llor8 were
d18abled whlch was above our target of 7%.
c. Our dlgltal ¢ommunltl•s gr•w driven by our Short fomi vld80 8tratsgy. Our nM8t
channel, TlkTok, ha8 had ￿ eX￿lIent start with vlde08 VI8￿1 c. 76.5k tlmes 0￿r
the year. Our YouTut* channel has also grown g8lnln9 c. 539k vlew8 In 23124. Our
other 80clal channels have grown to c. 64k follower8 on Instagram arwj c. 34.2k on
Facebook. After leaving Twltter, prforitlslThJ a 8lmllar audlence on Llnkedln has 88en
our follower numbers grow by 24% to c. 12.4k.
d. We engag￿ chlldr•n and young p•opl• In hlgh-quallty, objectthsed arKI outdoor
h8nd&on actlvltles that SUP￿rted tslr leamlrrfJ, enjoyrnenl and eNJagement
world cullurn8. mu81G and the natural workj. re8ch1￿ school• audlenc•s of 25,112
tsught onslte partldpants (20,OCKI target), 15,465 8elf-18d v181ts (10,IY)O target) and
an addSllonal 2,224 1hro￿h onlln8 8e861on8 (1.500 target), 1,2Y4 through outreath
and 639 through Handllng Collection loan8 programme. Over of facllllated
group8 from ￿r￿fe&pay1￿J xlNxAs, wllh 30% of Ih8se leamerB recelvlng a
Pupll Premium Grant (PPG J".
e. Our Art Fund Mus•um of th• Ymr {PAOTY) prlza mon•y ￿abled us to laund) Iwo
new ￿￿￿￿￿￿rgeted 8CtOvlty 8trand8. School Holiday Clubs have reached 256
partlclpants from three local parts￿r 8cIKK)18 ￿ between 29% arKI 51 % of pupllB
ellglble for free Sd￿01 meals In tem) tlme. We appolnted thr88 eaty•career
Musldans In Resldence to tho first of 6iXthmonth re￿ende8.
1.1 Audhn
Totsl vlslts to the Museum and Gardens In 2023124 reach6d 924,213. Our Mu8eum vlsitor
numbers were up 9% to 776.057, arxl our Garylens vl8ltorn up 6% to 790.812.
A thlrd of vlsftor8 ￿re on their first vl8lt to ts Mu88um, and a fvrther 39% ￿[9 on a re￿rn
vl611 wlthln the past year. 70% of v18itors V•We in famlty gw. 7PA were from London and
5% from overseas.
We had hoped to achieve a shlft In the dlversty of our general visitor6 glven the enhanced
level of focus thls has given across the organlsatlon and all ar888 of adlvity. Genernl
vlsilor8 to Museum were 17% ethnicalty diverse. 6% from dlsadvantsged socio-
ecorK)rnic groups (NS-SEC 54) wlth a further 3% classffied as students. and 9% were
dlsabled. HO￿ver, It18 Worth notlrvJ that the volumes of these targel a￿llen￿8 grew In
actual numbers {rnther than percentsge8). In addluon, specffic kYogrammirvJ result￿1 In

more succe86 at attracltng Othnicalty diverse v￿r6. accountlng for 81 % of vT81tor8 to
Mu8lc, Jeth 'n Tings; 37% to B8Thlstand Live: 32% to Famity Craft Saturdays: 25% to the
Cha, Chal. Tea exhlbltlon; and 23% to Under the Sea Soft Play.
In 2023r24, our w•b•lt• received 1.024,046 sesslon Starts (-1 % decrease from 22123) from
626,629 useTr (down by-1 % from 22123). Page8 v18￿￿1 on the stte were down by 5% to 3
mllllon (3.2 mllllon In 2022r23). The number of records onllne stsrKl6 at 132,128 at the end
of the yeap(up 11% on last yev).
Our soclal modla presenc8 InLYea8ed In hib4￿r5 by 1.5%. wlth a o)mmLmtty of c. 636.8
Most of our soclal audlence cam6 via Pinterest, but our blggesl growth has (X)ff￿ f￿rn
Llnkedln wlth 240A gmvrth to 12.4k followers. Instsgram a￿llen￿s grew to 64k followers
and YouTube to 3.8k- both vAth 9% grovrth from last y8ar. Our Fxebook follow6rs has
had a small IrKrea8e to 34.2k (0.5% grThvth). Thi8 smaller level of growth was èxpected to
be reduced In 2023124, followlrKJ our hlgher growlh In the prevlous year attrlbuted to Benln
and Mor( news. Durfw thls period, ￿ stopp￿1 p08tlng to Twltter. prlorltlsSng the 88me
audlence on Llnkedln, and reallgnlng our offef to 8lgnakba6ed 80cial channels of TlkTok
and YouTube.
1.2 Vlsltor •xp•rf•nu and •valuatlon
The vl8ltor •urv•y wa8 conduLXed by Interylewer8 f8ce•tO-face throughout 2023124.
Results were avallable monthly via an onllne portal set-up by our research provlder, DJS.
wlth re8uIts benchmarked agalnst the other organisatiom In our (x)nsortlum. Folk)wiry a full
procurement pr￿6 for our vlsltor rB8earch, DJS wpre reapwlrted from Aprfl 2024
onward8.
The v181tor r88ear¢h gave a vlsft exporfence of 98% po6lUve, afxl a Ilk8lllKxKI to recomm8nd
of 92%, I￿r ratlng al the annual Vl•ft Englwml •u•s•m•nt achleved an excell6nt quallty
Score of 92%.
From A￿1 2023, evaluat10￿ for all our major outd￿ events and yogrammlw activity
have been manag8d I￿houSe. Th18 h88 rn8ult8d In more comparable, Ilmely and actionablg
data. Addllk)nal re8e8rch w88 COnd￿ted ￿ Soft Play atterKl8e8. b)oker8 fDr pald-for
exhlbltlons. arKI Fknmkn8n Membe
The Audlence Champlon8 Group have ￿ntIn￿l to m8el every Iwo nyjth to dI￿U88 tho
Implementallon of tha AudierKX DeYelOF￿ent Plan, arKJ In 2023r24 there h88 been
partocular fo(xJ8 on klentyng arKI addr868lNJ ba￿lerS to v18111ThJ.
1.3Publlc progrnmm•
1.31 Exhibition•
Throughout the year we provkled a varled a￿1 sllmulatirvJ rarge of hlgh-quallty
exhlbltlons to ewage our regular, dlverne vlsitors and attract new audiences.
Our famlly-frlendly temporary exhlbition for 2023. Brf¢k Dlnos, ￿sch ran from February-
October, attracted clrca 94k vk8itors over lis duratlon. a cx)nvernion rate of 17%. Th18
exhlbltlon enab￿1 v181tors to meet d*￿saurS and other prehistorSG Greatures fKDm the
Jurassic and CretaceouB PerhJd8 recreated in minlature form uslng LEGO& bricks. Models
Included the raptor41ke MasSakasaunffj, a fyirvJ pterosaur, a Polacanthus and the crocodl
Ilke Sarcosuthus. The exhib￿(In also featured rarely Seen 8pecknen8 frcffi the Homlman's
collectEons and a rdnge of harKIs-on activllles.

Dlno rEvolutlon, our famlty-fiiendty 81Th for 2024. opened durh￿ February haif-t8mi and
explores the relation8hip belween dI￿SaurS and birds in a colourful arKI fasclnating
exhlbition, IrKILMllThJ fve lapJe anlmatrrt rrKxlels. many accurate cast fossll Skeletons and
skulls, as well as detalled graphlcs by the acclaIM￿ artl8t Luls V Rey. The exhlblllon
pmvldes the opportunty to touch nKxlel f08si18, dr888 up, play games. arKI more.
In December, we sup￿rted the NLHF by provkllngthe v￿u8 for th* Habltats of Hop•
ImThrslve exhlbAion celebratlNJ the1838er-krnwn UK 8peoe8 that have been 8avffi
through the Incredlble ￿K)rk of dlfferenl organlsatlons wlth th& supwrt of Natlonal Lottery
funding. Th exhlbltlon. devek)ped by art5st Georgla Tucker. provmled a Joumey through
healhl8fKI, foresl, m8rshlarKI and coastal habllats, with a focu8 on the UK'5 lesser-known
endangered Specles, fmm the WPth-Talled Eagl910 the sno%￿n Ralnbow Bffetle.
In Studlo, *. Vlry, Toa (Cha, Ch•1. T•a) opened In Othber 2023. An In-house
exhlbltkjn, developed over several ye8r3 In collaboratK)n I CO•curatK)n wlth many partners In
Ihe UK and abroad, It tells stoth of how t88 ha8 Imparted arKI inlluenced the I￿)r1d arouMI
us. The 8lorfes of tsa are 8rMUltan￿uafy polltKal. gbbal and deeply personal, a ca)rnmodty
U8ed to Justify colonlal vlolence as ￿11 a8 a cullural Plltsr that InvWat88 and connects u8.
The exhlbltion closes In Juty 2024.
In the Nalural Hlstory Gallery, Flock Prohct by ceramk artl8t Jull8 Nelgon expkjred tha
conn8ctknn8, pattems and rhythms that appear throughout the natwal world. In
collabor8￿n wlth members of the GrourKllng Projert a $F￿alIst 8eDAc8 for people
8ufferlng frorn post-traumatlc stresg dlsorder. She developed (￿nV￿Bat10n9 and Ideas
arourKI migraoon, evolutlon, s[￿￿88 dlver81ty, th8 enVI￿nI￿gn( nature, day and the
process of cresiing. Partldpants made b*d 8hap88 from momory In day, repre88ntlng the
countr188 from whlch the makern have travelknj arKI theirJoum8y8 of hope.
On Balwny, Od• to th• Anc•storn, vthli* ran unlll December. (x)mmernrated the
many AfrScan Kenyan herllage profe88kJna18, re8earchern arKI archaeologl*8 wh08e nam88
are ab8ent from the archlves. The ethlbltk)n was curat￿ by Shwry Davl8, wlk)88
grandfather, Kari8a Ndurya. played an Imwrtant role excavallrvJ ar￿nt monument8 In
Kenya, ￿￿rkIng as a foreman In the 19408. 508 aThJ 60s.
Sub8equenty, Ihe Bakx)ny 6hoWc88ed the of artl8t Naomi tr*>b￿n, wlth a show
entitled Adol•8c•nt Wond•rfand. The photogr8ph8 expk)re the Inherent energy of young
people In Naomi's home c(xnmunty of Coen, Cape York. Queensland, expre88ing their
Indlvlduallty, inner beauty. strength love. Naoml empowered the yolry people to lead
thelr own na￿￿1Ve3 arxl (x)rrfront misconceptlon8 atK)Ut tM)w 8rB represent￿1.
We a180 dlsplayed Matt•r8 of Llle and Br•ath In the Music Gallery. which hlghlighted the
Clean Alr Blll. also called Eua's Law, which establishes the human TvJht to breathe clean air.
Named for Ella Roberta Adoo KkS￿Debr8h, a You￿￿ girf from Lewisham whose premature
death was due. In part, to alr pollutkjn the South cIr￿lar Road, the dlsplay featured a
comet belonging to her.

1.32 Events and actlvltle8
In June 2023 we rdn our first Homlman Plant Falr in partsw3hip wllh Plant Falrs
Roadshow. We had very p)sitive feedback from visltor8 and stallholders, wlth 1,003 adult
t￿ket sales, whlch ts a blg SLKcess for u8 88 an event focussed on ￿lUIts, who are not our
core donK)graphlc. It felt Ike a good partner8hOp and event to develop further partlcularfy
wlth Nature + Love In rntr￿.
We al30 ¥vorked wilh a new event partner for a day of free famly play In the Gardens wlth.
Ass•mbl• Play; an organisation large 8cale. high qualFty. free to access, powip
play land8capes Snto urban environm8nts arKI clues to wnprove the well-beirva arKI
happine88 of children and families. The event was hugely popular- wlth 1,500 chlklren and
Ihelr adufts taklng part 8cr08S the day. The event t8￿ht us a lot about tN)w we programme
free, dropln actiiity in our Gardens. key for Informing our Nature + Love outdoor
Dgrammè offw In fulurn.
A8 part of our 896 legacg of celebratiro mu61c from South LoThJon ￿ dellvered Iwo d8y8 of
free mu81c wlth our Bandstand Uv• programme. We worked wth two young people (under
30) based In L6wlsham arKI 8UrroUrKll￿ Ix)rough8 to curaie a day of mu8lc on our.
BarKlstaThJ whSch celebraied South London Mus￿. In August we had Th• VolG• of Th•
Poopl•, an Intlmate aftemoon of muslc arKI vocallsts across R&B and N80-souI and
welcomed Ngoma. playlffj best in Amaplano to Afrobeat wllh Ilve perforrnance a￿5 DJ
In Augu8t we ran Mu•lc, Jerk, 'n Tlng• ￿ Tony FalTrv8ather {(xJr prevlous p8rtn8r on
The Jerk Cook Out). a day of food and mu81c In the Garden8 cel8bratlrwJ Carlbbean culture
a8 part of our Wlndrush 75 pn)gramTh. We had fv8 mu81c, h)ts of danclng arKI plenty of
top Jerk food cooklro on the BBQ8. This event also rea(*￿j 81 % ethnl¢ally divetse group8
and 35% of v181tors Stated they had 8 d188blllty. key audknc* devebpment targets. Another
ètrand of our wor￿N5h 75 programTh was the WlndnMh Front Room In June and
October. Thls Interactlve space recreated a Wlndrush era I1vts￿ ro(xn, wlth muslc and
objects. People ￿UkI gel up d08e, handle objects and Share rnenv)rles and storles
together. We had soTh very speclal and posftlve feedback from thls event. 43% sakl ft w88
thelr reason for vlsltlng on Ihe day wlth 50% of vi81tors habrfng a conn8Gtlon to the Wlndru8h
gener8tlon or Iden￿fied a8 havlng a Carlbbean herttage. The average age was 44 and tt
became a Space for IntergeneratK)nal familie8 to vl811 together.
Th18 JEar we also laurKh￿l our Hey Juk•boxl 8efle8, a ￿K)nthlY playll8t for the Musk
Gallery Insplred by seasonal celebrations, speclal exhlbltlons, perfmers or obiects from
Ihe colle(*K)n. Themes Induded Tea, Protest arKI Reslstan(*, MaklrYJ Peace. arKI
WellbeltYJ. Thls programrn ha8 both a db3ltal legacy and activates the Mu8eum tself ￿1th
the playllst playlry through speakers In Gallery Square every T￿sdaY aft8M￿n. We have
8een people dandro 81oro, singirvJ arKI wwglng wlth the as thay walk into the
In th18 ￿r we 8180 ran our Tea programme alongskle the exhlMK)n wlth free tea tsstlng
of teas featured In the 8xhlbltion, Language knurs pf the exhlbitson In Cantonese arKI
Mandarfn, arKI free famlty crafi acllvities lirthed lo for Lunar New Year, Dlwall and Eid.
Thls stra￿1 has also allowed us to work wlth new event partners Ir￿lUdIng Khao Supper
Club arKI LorKlon Tea Frier#Js, eath of th)m have brought tsir own aLKs18n￿8, many r
to the Homlman.

lAL￿rnIng and •ngag•m•nt
1 A1 Fornial learnlng
Durlng the year engaged chlldr•n and y<wng p•opl• Sn Imghwllty, ObJe￿4)83ed arKI
tdoor h8nds4)n activities that supported thetr leamlng, enknent aNI engagement wtth
world Cultures, muslc and the nathral bwrfd. We reach&J 8¢hool8 audl•nc•$ of 25,112
tsught onslte pa￿￿pants (20,000 target), 15A65 self4od visits {10,000 tsrget} aTrJ an
additlonal 2,224 throwJh onllne 8e88k)ns (1.500 tsrget), 1.274 through outreach and 639
throuth the Handling Collection loans pmgramm. Over 90% of facHitated groups wero ,
from rM)n•f8&paylng 8chools. wlth 30% of th8se18amer8 recefving a Pupil Premlum Gr&tt
(PPG).
Work to increa8e ewagement wllh 8eo)ndary S￿￿118 to 8 460% Incr•u• kn fadlitated
secondary school audlences In 2023 o)mpared to 2019, wllh 13.88% of pa￿cIPant6 In
f8cllltated 8e8sicffis from secorthry schools." We dellvered onslte careers days supported
by staff across the Homlman, taSk)red on8tte sessions, and targeted outreach to sernndary
$choo18. We developed a new Key Stage 3 'Afrkan Klngdom8' workshop, Infonned by In.
depth consult8tlon Yhlh teathers, cxmnmunfty member8 and txftical frlend8, that incorporal68
on*allery tSme wlthln 8e8slon for the first time. We embedded COwproduGtlon In our
work wrfth bcal so￿ndary SCI￿)18, deliverfw a 8e¢oThl 'Art in the Gardens, outdoor d16play,
and beglnnlng I￿rk on an 'ActK)n for Nature, ca88 for the new Natural History Gallery. We
were dellghted to have won th8 Mu8e(#ns arnl Herttage Award8 L•amlng Prngramm• of
th• Year 2024 for our worf( with 88coThJary SCI￿8.
Nature + Love remalned 8 major f￿8. We devebped new 8elf4•J VI￿¢ re80urc88 and
updated web COMent to maxlmlso school•. •ngag•m•nt the Natural Hi8tory Gallery
Is dosed. Partner8hlps contlnued wlth Gold8mllh8 Unlver8ity of London aThJ Unlverslty of
East London to sjpport tralrno t•ach•rn In FAannifKJ arKI delfveflng outdoor18amlng, a￿1
on explorirvJ the Ilnks btheen natural hlstory a￿1 colonlallsm. We alK+ partnared vAth the
Natural Hl8tory Museum on wide Explorn: Urban N•knre projec( worklng wllh
local spedal and primary schools to develop pilol new outdoor le8mlng Y￿rks1K1p8,
Indude explorlng Ihe Impact of people on wlld 8pace8 In our Gardens, aTrJ Sclen￿¢
Inv88Ugalion In ￿ pond.
Our d•colonl•aiion work wa8 U88d as a research c88e study by a Unlverslty of Brlghton
PhD St￿lent, and we saw a real growth kn Inleresi In our prooramrrn8 from natlonal armj
International museums, sharlr¥J our KKathe as far a8 Gla8gow. Lehjen, and Japan. Our
8chool Hollday Clubs, 8UPPOrted by funding from the Art FurMI Mu8eum of the Year award
and run over school breaks, reaGh￿ 258 parfjdp8nts from ttrKee kxal pather 8choo18 wlth
between 29% and 51 % of pup118 eligible for free 8chool meals In tem) time. All attendlr¥J
chlldren were In recelpt of a Pupil Premlwn Grant or Identlfied by the 8clx)018 as in need of
wellbelng focused 8CtNIty. arKI ev8luatk)n showed tho positlve Impact that the club ha8 on
chiklren's mental tr￿81th and wellbeff¥J as tlw return￿ over the ¢yyJrse of the year "ljust
feel enewiserf, "I dony want Ihis day to en£f, "i in h8PPy to hapm foorf. We a180 corrtlnued
to supwrt hom• •d￿akn, reacNng 746 homMducat￿l St￿jerrt8 through facilitated
sesslons.
1.42 Communltyy y￿th and famlty •ngagom•nt
We completed the Nthre + Love Actlon Zono ¢oproductlon wlth local dlver5e famlly
groups wlth chlklren under five, arKI further pllots of Soclal prgscrlptlon In the space
allocated for a communlty garden. focusing on outdoor wellbeing. N8w partner5hlp8 arou￿1

the Ac• Plan Induded Ihe Natlonal Trust and Lewlsham Refugee and Migrant Nelknrjrk,
s gits, autism group, and the University of Westmkn8ler wilh we are plbtlNJ an
Inclusfve Coproduced Audlo DO￿rfp1lon (ICAD) model in pr8paratlon for a￿110
de8CriPtlon for Ihe new Natural H18tory Galjwy.
Our annual cfrprodLKed Cn>sslng BNdeYs MuS￿M takeover day wlth people seekl
Banctuary In the local area attract￿1 1,089 p￿pIe, many (x>mlry for the first tlme, arKI
feedbad( report￿ tsy feltrwelcome at the Hcffnlman. We akn ran éosslons onslte for '
many local famille8 frorn dlver8e ethnlc and socltrecorK>mlc backgrourKls had not
vl8ited the Homiman before. A new aft•rthours off•r for n•urodlvors• famllhs, to
complement ¢)ur'Bright arKI Earf￿ relaxed moming openkws. increased opportunilies for
people to access ihe Mu8eun at a Ilme that sutt8 them. We 8180 tralned four dlverse
unemployed Lew18ham residents to dellver object-based leaming se881ons and a￿Ulre
assoGiatsd transferrable 8kllls via the Insplr• Lawlsham 1n1t1a￿y•.
We appolnted ttrwee early-career Mu8lclan8 In R••ld•nc• tr> the Ilr8t of IM) 8ix4nonth
re8ldende8, 8UPPOrt8d by the MOTh prlze money. From 185 appllc8tlon8. thr80 art18ts
really stood out for thelr OTiginalty. muslcal Style arKI passlon for collaboratlon:
Falth-melody Ramautar. a slnger, producer, halr artl8t aTrJ ￿$tUrne maker Irom
Thomton Heath
Shola Dayo, an A1n￿hOu8e, Amaplano and Afro-fu8lon M(￿1C produ¢xr, who ha8
been a Lewlsh8m r8sldenl Slnce 8he wa8 thre8 years old
Pouya Ehsael 18 a mu8lclan, producer a￿1 sourKI artlst based In Peckham *r)rkl
wlth electronlc hardware InCI￿J1rva mlxlrYJ de8k8, 8yntheslser8 and FX unlts
The 8rt58ts, supwrted by an A8818tsnt Producer, perbffl￿d at Hear It Lfvel events a￿1
produced vlsual content to Ixlng to lile the muslc they created durfrrJ ￿1r resldencle8. We
8180 mentored IYK) young produc•r8 to produc8 8 Band8tarvJ Llve event each to attract a
new young arKI dlv8Tre audlence to the Homlman.
1.5 PR
Over the cour88 of the yBar, the Homlman secured 852 Iterns of prtnt and onllne ￿Verag6,
and 107 broadcast Items. wllh a lotsl Advert*lrvJ Value Equ1Valen￿ (AVE) of £5,859,168
clrculatlonfpotsnlial ALKllenc* Reach of 1,614,330,967. In addlknn lo proacllve
actfvlty, the Pre88 Olfice r88ponded to 191 medla enqulrkn8 and 43 edltorlal filmlng and
photography en¢wlrf
After last yearf8 unprec￿ented coveF3ge - driven by the Homiman's Art Fund Mus•um of
th• Year shortlistlng and arKI amouncement and 8ub8equenl transfer of ownershlp of
knoted Benln Ob￿cts to Nlgerla- 2023124 figures saw a predlcted relum ts level8 In Ilne
wfth pr8viou8 years.
rsince 27 January 2024. the Pre88 Offlce has made a compulsory move to a new platfom,
Clslonone, for medla monftortng, contsct database and r￿118 distribution. Early Indic4tlon8
are that Cisk>nOne18 reportlng hlgher levels of coverage than the prevlous platfomi was
8ble to, ￿akIng It hard to compare pre• wlth prevlou8 quarters and year-on-year
trends. Addltlonalty, the clrculallon metric has be￿ updat￿1 to Potentlal Audlence Reach",
this Is what wlll be reky)rted going forwartl.]
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Interest In. arKI mentlons of, the Berdn transfer of mr5hip aTrJ ￿ Museum of tho Y8ar
status remained h￿h arNJ arA)unted for aknost half of Ihe Horniman'8 media coverage in
Q123r24.
Thern were references to the Homiman in broader ple<￿ about watrlatlon includlng In
The Guanlian, The Dally Telegraph, Th8 fin￿S arKI Surxlay Times, The Evenlng Standard.
The Art Newspaper. Museums + Herftage Advi80r, and on LBC R￿110 arKI bbc,(x).uk
rirYE8 Radk) dexribed thè Homiman's retum broce85 as being ￿l[led out *ery calli￿,
8ensibV.
Plus. there was renewpd Interest and reque818 for conThnt and updates from a varfety ol
publlcatlons followlng reports Ihat the NlgerSan govemment recognised the Oba's ownership
of looted Benin Items.
The Homlman's status as the incumbeni Art Fund Museum of Year was Mefttk)n￿ In
more than 30 artkles announdng ￿ slK)rllIst￿ flna118ts for 2023, I￿1￿lIng bbc.co.uk, The
Sunday Tlme8, The Telegraph, The Guardlan, The Evenlw Slarthrf, BBC Radb London
plus multlple regk)nal publlcatknrffj.
Key u)verage and actlvlty:
Nlck M•rrfman'• dop•rtur• to tske up ￿ poslkn of Chlef Ex6oJtlve at Eng118h
Heritsge wa8 reported In several publlcatknn8 InclLkJlThJ The Tlme8 (prfnt, onllne and
regional edllknn8), Museums + Herftag6 Advl8or, Arts IrKIu8ty arKI clvll8oclety.co.u
HIS OBE in the New Yeaf8 Honour8118t wa8 reported by The Tlme8, Dalty
Telegraph, mlrror.co.uk, The Art Newspaper, Mu8eum8 Joumal. Art Monthly and
Garden Design plus regional online r*w8 tIUes. The Homiman'8 appointmènt of n•w
tru8t••s was reported by Muse(H￿ + Horltage Adv180r and CMI Sodety.
Coverage of the NalAff• + Lov• projec* YM8 far mchlng, frcm reportlng of our
National Lottery Heritage Fund furKliw to the 'last chance to 8ee the walru8'
messaglng, whlch was hlghllghted by The New Yorf¢ Tkn￿8 in an artlcle IncludlrvJ
quots8 from 8enh)r curator of Nalural H18tory Louls Buckley about ￿ walrus 8rKI the
future developmert of the Natural Hlstory Gallery.
Closer to home. BBC Radio were keen to cover the Homlman'8 advlt108
throughout the year resutting In..
Chlef Executlve Nick Merrknan 8pe8k1￿ wlth Edd18 Ne8tor on the anniverBary of
the Hominan's transfer of ￿lMerShIp of obpcts from Benln to Nlgerfa, wlth the
intervlew a180 hlghllghtlJvJ lh8 %. Vlry. T•a {Cha. Chal, Toa) exhlbltbn, and th8
forth(x)ming Nature + Love redevelopmenls.
o Vlctoria Pinnlnglon, Dtrector of communlca1k1￿ and Income Generatk>n, glvlng
an overview of the Homiman'8 events durfng a live broadcast in the Gardens for
BBC Radio London'8 'Summer in ts cl￿ feature.
Victorla Pimlngton S[￿kir￿j at ￿ngth to Robert Elms about the last chance to
••• lh• walnm and ￿ fortho)ming ck)sure of Ihe Natural Hlstory Gall•ry
ahead of the Nature + Love redevelopment.
Natural Hlstory Curator Louls Buckley talkirwJ to J￿nOke Fas￿18 kn an
(unexpectedly) broad inletview that kniually fwssed on our new famlly frfendly
exhlbltion Dlnosaur rEvolutlon and which also covered repatriatK>n. the walru8
8fKI the Nature + Love redevelopment

The %, vpl. T•a (Cha. Chal. Tea) exhlbluon vrds hlgNight*J acro8s a variety of
title8, wlth curator Navk)t Mangat belNJ interviewed M site as a contrlbutor to an
episode of BBC Radio 4.8 Series Empire of Te& and ￿ndu￿Ing a recorded lour of
the exhbitbn for Morncle Radb.
Musklan, filmmaker and curabr Shery Davls SFoke 8Xt8n8ivdy about her research
and Ode to th• An￿$torS exhibthon for BBC Radio 3,8 Free ThlnklrKJ.'
The Gardens contlnued lo attract poslth m8Jla Intere￿ over the year.
Radio 4,8 Gartlen•rs' Question recL)rded a 'posthag' edition in the Garden8
th Head of Hortkulture Errol FemarKle8 akMYJskle rOg￿r panelU8ts Includi
James Wong arKI Bunny GuSrThss. discussirYJ the gyowth of the mlufrforest
r)rks to th8 Sunken Garden and an8werirvJ a WKle varty of listeners, quostions.
The Homknan's planling method8 and plans for the Garden8 %%pre widety
covered wlth Ernol Fernarnles swakirKJ a range of publl&gt*?n6 about
sustalnable and reslllent plantlThJ pra(th*8. InCI￿lIng Elb8 Decoratlon, Gard8n8
Illustrated arKI the Guardlan onllne.
Errol Femandes also recorded a pO￿8t for Garden8 Ill￿trated,8 Talking
Garden8 8erie8, d18QJ881ng dr(wght tolerarrt planting and the Homiman'8 mlcn
forest.
Senlor Gardener Annette Foerger appeared In Garden8 IIIu8trated's Gardenkng
Talent feature, 8ccompanl8d by p￿t08 taken on slte.
Dlnomur rEvolullon wa8 ￿11 recelved on openkng and hWillgM8d In Ihlng8 to do,
page8 and in St8rKlalo￿ rekn Indudlng Metro (multlple &lltkJn8), Tlme OUL
CoTrJe Nasle Traveller, Londonist, First New8 and Day Out wlth The Klds.
Th8 Homlman, and all it ha8 to offer, Ix)nlknued to be clted 88 a hlghllght of th•
local arna. When The SurKlay fimes 8hJrtll8t8d For88t Hlll a8 one of the best
plac88 to Ilve In Lotmjon In Its annual gukle. it dted the Hornknan aB one of the
arna's be8t 4M•ts. NuM8￿u8 re￿mMenda￿On8 to vlsh throughout the ￿r
Induded:
The Guardian's article on lop 10 In8plring de81inthn8 to Visit with thildren,
Metro'8 ralny4ay suggestlon8
House and G8rden8. who Judged that 'a to this mu8eum18 a 8ura-fve way lo
keep little ones happy,.
2.0 Coll•ctlon•
Alm: W• wlll 8af•guMd and d•v•lop th• ¢oll•cllons so that thy can b• mad•
acc•s•lbl• as poJ•lbl• now and lrto th• fulurn.
Performance agalnst ColhGtlons alm and obJecOv•8 as ouUln•d In tho Corporats Plan:
We successfully achieved a Stage 2 pass from the NLHF, wlth an award of £5.7
mlllkln. We subseqLWttly Mjrked Collabor8t￿lY to devek)p the technlc&l deslgns for
the Naturn + Lov• project I￿lUdIng (Krtdoor and gallery ￿nIent, inlerpretatlon and
designs to RIBA Stage 4, as well as plannlryJ pemilsslon and118ted bullding CO￿8nL
b. We dellvered Ihe Communlty R•sMrch & Knowl•dgo spa￿ featuring a range of
r860urces that help people navkJats the coll&kn onllne arKJ get stsrted on their
own research ioumeys. We have cornp*￿ a review ofthe Australian ￿llect￿n8,
ntinue to with UnivefSity College LorKlon on 8 revfew of the Egyptian
collections, arKI to reV￿W collections cortalnlrKJ human remaln8, deepeniThJ our
understandlw and ensurkng r￿eSSary C￿ltural protoc¥)ts are in place.
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c. We began plannlng a o>cura￿ ￿lsplaY of the B•nln materfal in the World Gall8
wlth local cornmunlty groups, yDurwJ people arKI creatlves In Lor#Jon and NSg8rla and
have secured fvrKliNJ for an assoclated Bal(x)ny exhbi ition.
d. We opgned tho r￿ %. 71ry. T•a (Cha, Chal. Tfta) exhlbhlon. support￿1 by fundlng
from The Esmée Falrbalrrf Collectbns FurKI, In October 2023. We cont5nue to dellver
a cTrproduced kyogramme to 8UPPQrt the exhibitk)n,'arnl lo expbre the h18tory of the
Homiman a￿1 tpa tlyough the as80dated UAL fellow8hlp.
11 Anthropo14>gy
We complelay the revlew of our Au•trallan ¢olleGtlon8 In cknse ￿)llaboral10n wlth the
Australian Insfjtute of At)orNJlnal arKI Torres Strall Islander St￿1[86 (AIATSIS). Thes8
' collectk)ns arp rKJW batter do￿rrEnt￿l, arKJ ￿ltural pr￿0(￿18 have been put In place
around alxess. Adolescent Wonderland, a Bak￿nY exhlbllk)n fealurlng the work of
IndIge￿u8 Australlan plwrapher knml Pk)bson. al80 OF￿ thls year. Work contlnued
to develop a new c88e for the World Galbry on contemwrary Egypt. seen thro￿ah ey88
of women a￿1 called All Ey•8 on H•r. We worked wlth bcal communlty group8, young
people and ¢reallve8 In London and Nlgerfa to C0￿cu￿te a redlsplay of the B•nln materfal
In Ihe Worfd Gallery, and se￿red fundlng from Art8 Coundl Engl8ThJ to SLtpport the dlsplay
and an 8880clated Balcony exhlbftbn. Tourfro exhlbltbn Halr. Untold Stor188 was shown at
Kent Unlverslty In mld-march.
We o)ntlnued lo develop the Homknan a8 a centr8 for museum arthropology and ,
mmunlty re8earch. We a)mpleted the Communlty Knowl•dg• & R•s•arch Spac•
project. wlth the cx>mnNJnlty researthr bkngB 8r¥J podcast now ¢)nlkne. We delivered the
thlrd year of our partner8hlp wlth Goklsmiths, Unlver81ty of LoTrYon on the MA In Mus8um
Anthropology. contInu￿1 r•s•arch partMrnhlp8 Unfverslty Collage LorKlon Unlverslty
of the Art8 London (UAL) a￿1 the Unfver81ty of BfvJhton, are partlclpatlThJ Sn the Jolnt project
on RethlnklThJ RelatIOr￿h1ps and Bulkjtry Trust 8rourKI Afilcan Collection8 led by the Pltt
Rlvers and also involvlrwJ Ihe Museum of Athlogy arKI AnthroF()logy, Cambrldge and
World Museum, Llverpool.
2.2 Natural World
The Natur• + Lov• project remalned a prforlty for many teams durfng 2023124. Th18 multi-
mllllon-pound project is deslgned to ¢x)nnect wlder a￿llenCeS the envlronment arnl
nature arnl wlll transforn the Nattiral Hl8t¢Xy Gall•ry and t￿> negbected 8rea8 of the
Gard•n•. Our project team made up of Intemal stsff a￿1 a rarqe of external archltecl8
deslgners, cx)nsuttants arKI Suppliers were su(xessful In aChIe￿ng a Stage 2 NLHF grant
award and 8ubsequenUy ￿mp￿818d devel0lx￿nt of RIBA Slage 4 technical deslgn. The
Natural Hlstory Gallery closed at the beglnning of March 2024 and our collecUon8 teams
have been ￿rf(1T¥j hard to deLxnt the Collec￿n$ slnce thon. The curalorfal team have
developed the detalled gallery and outdoor corrtert arKI Interpretatk)n, worked closely with
the deskJners on the graplfic aThJ 3D deslgn development. aThJ developed aNI refined
obJect1Ssts for dlspley. Work ContAnL￿d on our Athlty Plan with CO•producalon project8
Infiuenclro space8 such as the Nalure Expbrers Actlon Zone. vttkh has been desbned
wtth families with chlklren under five, and the Sustslnable Gard8nirrd Zone w￿Se deslgn
has been refined by plbt projects In collaboration with communlty groups.
The Llvlng Collectlon8 team (x)ntilK￿ to manage the Aquarlum, Anlmal Walk and
Butterfly Hous• venues arKI bthirK1-the-sCer￿ f￿rdInated nxltple successful ￿ra1 and
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sea urchln spawniffj events, en*ryo rearlrvJ and ￿ra1 out In 2023. Th8 materfal fmm
thls had been InterKled to support a number of dlfferent exp￿lMart8 and research projects
but unfortunatety a contaminatk)n event caused by (￿￿minated carbon Illtrallon medium
caused wldespread mortalty to both the research Ix)ral colkn&ion and th8 Marorove publlc
display. We have rnw been ￿mpenSated for thls arxl the aquarium team will rebulld the
coral aThJ urthln brood8tock durlro 2024.
,The A881slani AqUari￿rn Curator ￿rKlUde[l four of fi81i￿￿{ kn Palau to dellver work
assoclated wllh the grant 'Development of SLAtsinable lfvelihood arnl upS￿lIng reef
restorallon8 in Palau., This grant W88 secured from the European Union of Aquarfum
Curators In 2023, Sup￿rtI￿j the bullding of infrastructure at the Palau Internatlonal Coral
R••f C•nt•r (PICRC) to oAlure phytoplankton and natlve Sea urchSn to develop altemative
su8tsln8ble lfvelihood6 atxl enhan¢% reef restcKalTh wacthe8. Th1818 a ￿1n1 proJ8ct
between the Homlman, PICRC arxl tho Unlver81ty of NeKa8tle.
The Garden8 team cortInu￿$ to manage our 18 m8 of gard8n8, focu8lrvJ th18 year on the
devebpment of new plantlw arouNI the Sunk•n Gard•n8 as ￿11 a8 new X•rophyllc
bods n8ar the Clock Tower. These drougm tolerant beds have enabled us to experlment
wlth new plantlng media induding 8even tonnes of ￿nCrete sU￿baSe from Ihe pathway
projecl that hvuld have otherwlse gone to landfill. The88 bed8 have allowed u810 Introduce
a rmre blodlverse landscape along our London Road border. A dlgltal •xhlbltlon by 8rt58t
In resldence Marle Smlth wa8 pub118hed In Ocaober. 88 part of e Jolnt r881denw at the
Homlman the Museum of Art and Photography In Baro8lore. Marle researched and
expk)red three elements, p8Dple, 8011 and trees. in the Homiman's Nature Trall, Garden8
and ￿llectIonS
2.3 Mujlcal In8trum•nts
Monthly H••r ft Uv•l perft)rmances have attrac￿ Increa￿n9 n￿lber3 thlB year,
showcasing a dlver8e ra￿8 of mu81c wlth doBer ljes lo our annual programme.
Peformances have ranged from Senegale8e kora lo Syrlan ￿J, ar￿ v￿ce and harp to work
In pn)gress from our Mu81¢lans In Residence. We took March's pe.rbnnance, featurlThJ an
1rf8h fiddle and harp, Into Gallery Square and attratsl an a￿lIance of 125. We also
on a very su￿Ssful GCSE mu8lc day in Febwary, 8tudents able to hear Ilve
perfomi8nc85 of tradftbnal mu8lc from Indla, Africa arKI the Middle EasL We are recA)rdlng
'all Hear il Lfvel perfomiance8 and addSng &> ts Homvnan'8 YouTubo channel.
Matter3 of Llfe and Breath, a teny)rary display In the.Muslc Gallery. a￿1 Hear It Llvel
perfomiance CO•created with the Ella Roberta Foundatk•n aNI RosamurKI Adoo-Kissi
Debrah CBE. marked the progrws through Padiamgnt of the t¥8toric Clean Alr Blll, a180
called Ella'8.Law.
We completed photogratthy of the DDlmetsch beque￿ In8truments and ran a
SU￿SSful Study day on ￿ Finchco(*s' archive, gatI￿1ng knrywledge arKI oral hl8tory
rglated to the teGhnlcal drawings.
2.4 Handllrry Coll•ctlon
We added c.100 new acqulsltions lo the Ha￿lling Colleclk)n thls year. Incl￿11n9 a raroe of
objects repre8enlSng dtsablllty, curated by our Curating for Charye tralnee. We ¢xJmpleled
40 disp08als. and made five k)ans to Schools. en￿)MpaSSI￿j 49 obprts, reachlro 639
students l adults. We Conllrn￿d to reV￿W trE HaNlllng CoNedion and it6 managem8nL
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worklng through disposal8 arKI compjetlw a review of lh6 H8fKlllng Collectsn Development
Pollcy and acquisltk)n. proposal form. A short-lemi volunteertng programme for leam8rs
aged 15-19 In full tlme educallon, gave three youro pwle the oppoilurwty to de￿lop sk1118
arKI gain experfence docuwthkng and plM)tographiw the CollectK)n.
2.5 Soclal Practlc•
The *, T•a •xhlbltl¢>n op•nod in oarly October to great Irrterest from acr088 the
' sector In our appr6ach to communty co-prodiKtbon. By the end of December the Senk)r
Curator of Soclal Prat*e had dellveTed 27 differerrt lalk&Qours relatlng to the Tea 8th￿ItIOn
arKI Shared our practlce with a w*Je range of peers. Cfrproduc•d rnrammlng around
the exhibltion Induded Cantonese arKI MaNJar5n larvJuag8 I￿r8, Late C*enlryJ8, arKI lx
developed 80dal media. Over the y88r, ￿ vK)rked wlth Mala Conran, our UAL R•s•a￿h
Fellow. to enable a student exhibiiK)n at Camberwell Space and a two4lay conference at
UAL in re8pon8e to the exhibttlon's th8nk8.
We Co￿lnue to embed 80dal pr8Ctk* acro88 the Homlman, wlth a partlcular focu8 on staff
tralnlng and mentorfng, approaches to contsnt d•v•lopm•nt for the new Natural H18tory
Gallery, prforfty areas for actbn klentified by the D•colonl•atlon Worklng Group, and
workiro wlth ulttal frlerK18 to scope a e(XMIUnlty4•d coll•ctlng proiecL
3.0 Shaplng th• fulur•
Alm: W• ￿11 •ff•cllv•ly manay our rn•our¢￿ and b•com• mor• fln•nclally r••lll•nt
80 that wo can contlnue lo d•volop and •har• our ¢•ll•ctl¢xM. •stat• and •xp•rtls•
for tho wldost poulbl• publ1¢ b•n•fiL
Perforniance agalmt 8h•plng th• lulur• obJ•¢fjvM aB oullln•d kn th• Corporat• Pkn:
. We CQntkK￿d to relwfrfj our Mlfvg•n•r•i•d Incom• to generats In exce88 of.£3.1
mllllon (target of £2.4 mlUk)n) across ￿mm￿thI, charftable actlvlty and furKlral8lng
Streams (exdudlw capll81 fundralslng and (aterkng lumoverl and prlorft18ed
efflciendes
b. We prlorftlsed our dlgftal tran8lorniallon plan3 durlTYJ th8 plan p8rFod focu8lng on
embedding greater digttal Ilteracy across the organ18ation; rolling out MScr080ft 385;
embeddlng our new cU￿0￿r r8latknnshlp Managern￿t 8yslem and Homet, our
n8W-style Intr8nat uslr¥J Shar•Poln(' and enhandng our cYb￿￿rIty
c. We Inv•8t•d £1.178 million In our bulkllTrJs, e8tale and InfrasinKture, to protect and
preserve them for future generdtion8
d. We contlnued to dellver on 0￿ Cllmat• and Ecology Manlf•sto to be￿1
greenhouse g86 neulral, mDre blodlverse arKI generate le83 waste arKI pollutlon by
2040, by dellvering on our Lx)mprohenslve Aclbn Plan
e. We made wogre88 kn berxjmlng a strong•r. mor• rnpros•rtatlv• oryanlsall¢)n
that mre d08ety refiects the populatknn of Greater London by reGn￿lI¥J aThJ
8UPPOrting a more Inclusfve dSverse wothrce. Board aTrJ volurrteer base
mprislng 25% (27% tsrget). 33% (25% tsrgat) and 31 % (33% target) ethnk
rninorllAes respectlvely.
3.1 Income g•n•ratlon
3.11 Commer¢lal
i￿ty managed throwJh the Hornlman PAus•um and EntarprlJ•8 (HME) and ¢x>mprising
retsil, calerSn9 and venue htre erKled on 8 rec¥xd high generallry a gro88 turrK+ver of G.
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£800,000 and a nel profrt of c. £280.(XIO. The tetsll offer surymssod £320 000 In net 6ale8
and visitor calerirYJ maintained ts prbr yearfs success and a new operator, Colicd, wa8
apwInt￿l arKI began trading in March 2024. Venue hlre growth In weddlngs arnl
celebration thnts as thls segmerf of ts market (￿ntIn￿j Its post£ovid r8(x)very. A
preférred suppller118t for event caterers wa8 established at the end of tho financlal year.
Introduclng add3tk>nal new caterers to Ihe Homiman to offer groater choke and variety.
The Homlman Markel repeated the success of last year and provlded 8 robust, year-round
, basellne Income.'and our mini golf pwttsrdhip wlth Urbrtrazy gave u8 an Ineré8se In
proffts. The Intrcrfluctlon of a temtX)Tary 80ft play offer durlrvJ May to Augu8t W88 an
outstandlng success for the Homlman r8suttir¥J In £86,000 of prDfft and SI￿￿r￿d the.way for
other inr￿Vatfve family frIe￿IlY income generati￿ opportunltles.
3.12 Charflabl• aGllvlty
Overnll charftable actlvlty generated c. £1.5 mllllon Income, the best Performan￿ ever
achieved acrosa these acdvtty. strands arkj a 15% growlh on last year. Of this Adml88lon8
and Glft Ald Incomo enjoyed a reaxd ypar wllh sales of c. £800,000.
Chjr m•mb•rnhlp scherne grew modesty ovor the year. arnl at the erKI of March 2024 we
had a totsl of 5,929 mwnb8rs. Th18 Induded 2,667 w members vAlh m8t of these
pttrlbuted to the powlarlty of the Brfck Dlnos exhlbttlon. The retentbn rate wa8 56% and
totsl Incorne general￿ wa8 over £664.(XXI Incl￿￿￿￿ bal*￿a￿ gfft ald of over £133,000.
Income genoraled from our •chool•' pwramme was c. £59k and our •v•nl• programm6
generated c. £81k In addl￿n lo encouraglry slgnificant secondary 8perKI on evenl days.
3.13 Fundral8lng
The focu8 of our FurKlral8lrKJ athlty h 202V24 ha8 been to r8tse ftmd for Natur• + Lov•,
our ma￿r capttal project. Wlth our18ad grant from Natlonal Lottery Hèrltage Fund.
capltal sUp￿rt from DCMS and the 8UPWt of 8ever81 mapr fLmder8 arwj donor8 Incli¥Jlr
the Foyle Foundatlon,. Garfiekl Wesion FourKlatlon' Oak Found8tlon; 8fKI Wollson
FoundaJon, the total ral8ed In a comblnatlon of c88h In bank and flini pl8dge8 stood at
£9,617,534 at the erKI of the financlal yBar. FUrt￿r glfts and pledge8 are expected aswell
as In￿￿K1 Sup￿￿ from our volunteer8 to the value of £192.750.
An event to Say 'Au Revolr to the Walrus, was held In Fab￿￿ry Just prlor to th8 N8￿rnI
H18tory Gallery th8ing for Its refvrbl6hMent￿nt￿I 2026. The gu88t It8t comprlsed
Benefaclors, prevlous dorn)r8 arKI our volunteers. The event a180 marked the launch of th8
publlc phase of fundraislng for Nature + Love arKI the stsrt of our 125th Annlversary Appeal
whlch wlll conllnue to run wSth a fvrther event In the Gardens later In 2024 to pronN)te
8UPPOrt for ts new Garden8 destlnath)ns devek)pments.
The annual pmgrnmme of gmng w88 al80 better than we had hoped In a year when
were focu8sed on a rna￿r (xpital campaign arKI has achieved £612,702, exceedirwJ target
by over £400,IXX) a￿1 ra181ryJ consklerably rn than last yearf6 inc￿me. Thls Included
gffts from bolh Indlvlduals, logacl•8 and grant maklng tn￿ts. Funding ral*l is
8UPPOrtlng a rarvJe of new projects and activity as y￿1 a8 Unrestri￿ Income for everyday
work.
The largest Income stream has again been our grants Ino)w£ and we are very'grdtsful to
Ihe many who have supported our project n the year. We akn receiv￿1 ts $8cond
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and final part ol a signlficant legacy frDm the e&8ts of the late Damè Margaret Weston
was th8 firsl Chair of Trustee8 of the Homwnan when It was inlualty constituled a8 a tharfty.
3.2Cllmat• and Ecology Acllon
We cx)ntlnued to deliver on our Cllmate and E￿lOgY ActKin Plan to 8UPPOrt the delivery of
our Climate and Ecology Manifeslo. Highllghts this year have i￿l￿ded th8 development of a
hlgh.l•v•l Heat Docarbonlsation Plan for the Mu8eum and Gardens as well as a d8tslle(J
Plan for thg main I￿ik11ng complex ￿ Forest Hill. At our StiKJy Colleclk>ns Centr8 we
replaced the gas boiler wlth Alr s￿rce Heat Pumps, removlng the requIrer￿n1 for ga8
completely on that 8lte. The Aquarium team replumbed the Fljlan Reef dlsplay, replaclrvJ
Inefflclent pumps wllh low energy aftemative8. The project was a 8UC¢X88. and we
prodlct a 10-year electrlcal cost 8avlrvJ of £59k.
We contlnued to dellver our Envlronm•nt Champlons Communlty *rfth a Facebook
pre8ence 8nd a new81etter, with over 2,454 subscrlber3 to the newsletter and 212 FB
m6mbern. We organl8ed Iwo Cllmat• and Ecology outr•ach days on councll eslatw In
partnershlp wtth Lewlsham Home8 and delfvered two presentatk)ns and ￿r￿ShopS on
blodlveT55ty and ￿mpO￿1n9 In ￿llabOra￿On Lewlsham Councll. We ￿ntInUed to
dellver carbon Illeracy tralnlng tv our staff and w)lunteer8 and havé now traIn￿ 124
peopl8.
We devek)ped a det811ed Wut• Alanag•m•nt Plan to better Inforni ITh we manage our
waste over the next three years, we achIev￿1 an Increased p8rc8nttye of re-cyded
waste th18 year, up to 42%. We kn8talled a IrfvJalSon sy8tem ac¥o88 the Gardens wlth
the Intsntlon of u8tng the wa&thvater from the Aquarium to water rnany p8rt8 of tha
Garden8, th18 8houkl 8UPPOrt a r￿J￿n In thé u8e of w8tor on th8 Forest Hll 81te.
UtIUtl•• oon•umpt
2023124
2022123
2021122
2020121
2019r20
2018119
2017118
Electrl¢lty
Kwh
1,304,201
1,219,102
1.187.472
1.096,560
1,348,331
1.345227
1,412,045
G8J Kwh
1.224J75
1297,378
1.080.059
1.244.663
1.411,692
1.383,688
1,346.171
wet0￿*
(cubl
meters)
Totsl woste
Tonne8
Recycled
9A18
8.373
Fl8uro5 not avaliable lor r8POrtk4 th18 Jpar
72.97
1ts).17
FI8ui88 not av8li•ble tr reportlng th18 year
23.33
Tonne8
Aver88e %
recycled
waste
42
27.49
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Green w£8te
tonne8
of whlch
Food waste
12.55
12.55
F*ur88 not avaiiabt8 for veporUngthl8 yaar
3.87
{July21-
M8r 22
' Food wasle Stopp￿ beirKJ colleclecl in O(knber 2023 88 the area. needs repalr
and h88 reduced capaoty. From February 2024, the Café food waste was mllected by
Bywatern. an extemal 8upthr, and thls Is relte(Xed in the thl.
ater Is now mea8ured ac￿ratelY. The meter was chafw at the SCC.
3.3Dlgltal Tr•n•forniatlon
The scx)pe of our dlgltal trdnsfomwllon amblllons covers tethnology and Infrastructure,
8yStem8 armj dats, contenc a(xllenc8 development, colleL*ions and culture.chang8. We
have wioritised cyberseGurlty to help towards our CyberE888rth18 Com￿lance,
conllnued the developmert of our Intran•t and are develop1￿ a n•w r•crultm•nt tool to
replac& our aglw system wlth a best practice solutlon. We o)ntlrwl embeddlNJ our CRM
and Box Office 8y8tem Into dfftrent area8 of the buslness. lo further connect our work. All
Ih18 actlvity has been (WKI￿plnned by dlgltal tralnlrYJ and eCour388 Lmong our tralnlng
¥yslem fvloodle, to Improve digttal Ilteracy acw the organlsatsn.
We furthered our digltal relatlon8hlp wlth Bkjomberg PNlanthrDpl88 by bulldlThJ on
Bloomberg Connects (the free arts and cultural app), by ￿on[rO the Bloomberg A￿lerator
Programrrn. whlch18 helplng to f8dlltate an exdtlng AR experien￿. 85 part of Natur8 +
Love. We were grateful to recelve addltlonal fiKxllrwJ to fadlttats th18 develo￿1￿
3.4S•ctor support and collaboratlon - I￿111)nal and Intgrnatlonol
Our support for the sector ha8 kKlwled loanlro Ob￿*, p￿k1￿￿ thlce and 0￿Jan161n9
8emlnar8 arKI conference8.
We are leadlro the secx)ThJ phase of the Mueeum8 arnl Galleri88 Network for Exhlbttlon
TourlrvJ (MAGNEf 2.0), whkh wlll Nn for three years follow1￿J (x)nflnn8tSon of furxllng from
ACE'8 Touring fund and Art Fund. A 12-member no1￿￿rk of muaeums and gallerfes wlll
l>)01 re8ources. develop curatorfal experttse arml share Ih8tr collectlons with dlver8e natlonal
audlences th￿ugh"th1Be new co(￿rat￿j tourfng exhibltlor* on the AnthroFoc*ne, Colour
and Gender. The programme18 SUPPOrt￿j by a partr￿r3hip YAlh TEG (Touty Exhlblllon8
Group) to dellver tralnlng for partner3 and bulld sklU8 a(XOSS Ihe 6ector.
Throughout the year we Managed and malntaln*J loans out to 11 organ5sallon8 Includlng
the Asla Soclety, New York: Aslan Art Musewn. San Fr8n6isco: Maklstone Museum; Brlllsh
Museum, British Llbrary and Ihe Natlonal Portrait Gallery.
Homlman staff provKI￿1 advlc• to a wlde rarYJe of secl0r-ba￿ organisath across the
UK, actlrnJ 8s chalrs, trustees, r￿MberS and leaders of Subjed Speclallst Network8 (SSN)
and p￿Vi￿lng our resources for these groups to ho￿ WOTkshop8 and best practlce
Seminars. Our staff provthl advke In arnas such a8 >Duih and NdunteerirvJ progrdm88,
env5ronm8ntal education. aquarfum 8fKI zoo managerthryn( markellrnJ, cornmerclal. digital
and ￿TatOrial developmenL Our leadershlp rnle In thé music sec#or contlnued wlth our
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Bupport for the Musiral Instrument ResoLxce8 NeiwDrK a gro￿> ca)vknJthd by our staff In
2016 wJth n￿re than 200 UK and Intematk)nal Thmb8rs.
Tr Momlman Spitrig Fair is maybe the most
elffGbnt way to cram as muGh Ea8ter fun into
a 8IWe day as posth..
TIM• Out
3.5 Key support•rs
The Homlman receiv￿1 ¢xJre fu'rKllro from DCM8.
In 2023124 the Homlman rathed £4.949 mllllon revewe fundlThJ from DCMS
IncI￿lI￿j £984k replacernent ACE NatKinal Portfolio o￿an{Sat￿1n fundSng. We 8180
r8celv8d £1.034 mllllon capftal fur#JlrvJ from DCMS. Th8 Homlman oirtput again8t
DCMS KPIS Pls appear8 at Annex l. Tn￿te88 are m08t gratefvl to DCMS for ft8
ntlnued support.
Voluntary donatlon8
Voluntary donations. grants arKI the 8Wrt of our C*Jmmunty play a vhal part In supporti
the care of our o)Ilectlon8 8ThJ Gardens as well as provkllng 8ervkes, actlvft196 and enabling
future project8. The Chalr Tru8tee8 are espedalty grateful to tha folk)wlng Sndlvidual8 and
organ18atlon8 acro88 the Fkimim8n (X)mn￿nIty for thglr 8UPPOrt over the pa8t 12 Inonths:
G1ft8, grants ar¥J 8por￿Tsh1p.
Art Fund
Art8 CouncN ErwJland Deslgnatlon Development Fund
Arts Coundl ErKJlarKI Na￿Onal Lottery PrDiwA Grant
Bloornberg Philanthroples
Clty and Gulld8 of Lornlon Institute arKI Worshlpful Cornpary of Gardenar8
Department for Cufture, Medla a￿1 Sport
The Esmèe Fairbalm Collectknns Fund - dellwred by the Mu8wm8 As80da
Flnchcock8 Charity
Garfield Weston Foundatbn
Imperfal College Lon
Museum of London
Natlonal Lottery Heritage FurKI
Natural Hlstory Muse￿1
Oak FourKJatlon
Salix Finance
Uther81ty College LoTrJon
We 8re4 grateful Ihe followlrvJ funders wlK> have pledged fulwa support for our Nature * Love
project in 23r24:
Foyle Foundatlon
Garfield Weston FourKlation
Oak Foundaik)n
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Wolf30n Foundath)n
We are partlcularly grateful to the irxllvklual8 who have suppothi our over the
past JBar.
vktorla Appleby
Sally Babi
Danlel arKI An￿ Balley
Peter Baldwln
Thomas arKI Rwnana Benr￿tt
Rlchard Blurton
Phillppa and Malllng BosmaTrSavage
Paul Brand
Sally and Mlchael BrklgelarKI
Margret Carey
Frances Carey
Flona Clements
Rachel Coldlcutt
John Coulthard
Stephen DSmon
Erfca Dudley
Rlna Dutta
Slmon Edwards
Arfe EhrlSch
AIy8on and Davkl Elllman
Ellzabeth EThr80n
Gavin English
John Flmiln
TIM and AmarKla-Loul8e Frarn18
Luke Gaffney
BUM Ghosh
Rlchard arKI Kyla Goody
Slmon Granleese
Edward Hales
Sarn 8nd Davkl Hann&Grtndall
TIM Hanson
Anna Harford
Peter Head
Vlrg5nla and Davld Heam
SlrrKJn H8sketh
Davkl Hewltt
18abel Hod80n
Sarah Fiomlman
Mlchael Homlman
Rosle Jackson
Ollver Kerr and Penebpe Jarrett
Joanna Kay
Scott Keir
ary Kempson
Jenny Lambert
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George aThl Angle Lthn
Adam Maddison
Dlana Maln8
lan Tollett Jesslca Matttw
Mateusz Mauir
Joseph Mccalg
Jason McCulk)ch
Ke18ey Melnfv.
Nlcholas Merrfman
Mayowa Ochere
Le8ley O￿ara
Brlan O'sullfvan
Hami8h Parker
Wllliam Parker
SarKJra Peppgrell
Erlc8 P•ry
Gareth Prke
Paul Rhead
Samantha Rlch88
Charbtte Rooney
Erlc Roper
Sarah MahOm￿l R088
Andrew Rutherfor(I
Rob Salter-churth
Carol8 Souter
Kate Stevens
Lauren Walker
Estate of the late Margaret Weston
Stephen Whlttle
Calum Wyatt
Chart86 WynTrEvan8
We are grateful to tho folowlThJ thrKx8 vts) hve 8UPPOrted our 125th AMlver8ary Appeal ft)r
Nattlre + Love ovor ts pa8t year.
Eva Applebaum
Lucy A8hdown
Danlel Balley
Eslate of the late Davkl B08knn
Catherlne Boston
Steve Bullod
Flona Clemen18
Carollne Cole
Beniamln Cook
Sarah Cook
Robert Crawford
Roma Dlbua
Anthony Dye
Slmon Edward8
Mlchael Fall
John Flmiln
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Buht GtKJsh
Robert Harrls
Sheila Hearsum
Pennle He(Ige
Slrnn He8k6th
Nlco lacuzzl
John Jarrett
Matry Jenklr
Oliver Ke
Clalre Madge
Alan Merkel
Nlck Merrirnan
Hannah Mummery
Mayowa Ochere
Andy Parklnson and Jenny Haydod(
Ellle Par8on8
Roshnl Patel
Vlctorla Plnnlrtsi
Nkk Rlchards
Llnda Robln80n
, Eve Salornon
Mlchael Salter-church
Tlmothy Slrrnn8
Carole Souter
Helen Willlams
Charles WyrTrEv8
W• ar• al•0 grat•ful to th• follty*lng for th• •upport th ￿nd th•y hav• •hown tho
Homlman:
Google
Small Beer
Trtton UK
W• would al•0 Ilk• to thank th• many oth•r Supp￿t•￿ who gavo to th• Mus•￿n
•nd Gard•n•, Includlng th08• who gav• c¢Mnmmorauvo 91ft8 and Iho•• donor•
who wlsh to r•maln anonymou•.
3.6 staff and volunts•rn
. 3.61 Human r•sourc•s Polklos
We are commltted to following good empbyer pradce In rdatk)n lo our staff. ernploy￿nt
pollcles arKI pr8cUces are dthTrloped to enable u8 to deliver against our objectlves, comply with
relevant employmerrt legislalbn arKI Sectsx *andards as w611 a8 ValUr￿ arNJ reo)gnl8lng
the needs and ￿ntrfbUt1OnS made by our emphJye8s. Our Acce88 ￿SOry Group advlwl the
Human Resources tsam on their new ￿an6 for IrKlu&ve recruibne
The diverslty of our *orkfm Is Centr￿ kn our value8 and the dellvery of our Ob￿￿1ve9. We
belleve that maiTrtalning a dlverse workforce plays an ImtM)rtant PWI In ensurirvJ the diver81ty of
our audlences. We aim to ensure that the dlveTSity of ow workforce refiects the diverslty of the
job markets from whkh we recrutt. Our overall tsrget for Stsff fiDm elhnlc mlnorlty ba¢kgrourKIs

18 27% refiectlng the fact that some Ixjsts are recruAbJ from a nallonal job market arKI some
from a k)cal (London) ￿b market. In 2023r24 our workforce 25% staff frnm ethnlc
nlnoflties and 12% of the vK•rkforce dIsdosl￿ a dl8abllAty.
We glve great importance Io SLPP0￿ng our staff both to help them devebp arKI to achl8V
Improvement In th8lr p6rfomiance. We alm to treat all our enyloyees kn a falr con618tent
manner, promotlro good relatiortshlps and encx)uf8glThJ hlgh stsndard8 of &indu(a arwj ,
worf( pwformance. We alm to prnvlde a healthy Kirkplace where rfsks are effec
managed, together with falr reward8 and coThJftk￿s of employment. The average numberbf
days of slckness per employee durfrYJ ts year wa8 7.7 (6.9 In 2022123). Th18 wmpares wllh
7.8 day3 natlonally In 2023.
The Homlman recognlses GMB unlon for ￿lIa￿e bargalnlw arKI ther6 are regular
The HeaKh and Safety Commlttee mB8ts quarterly and provkles a forum for consuttatlon,
dlscussion, revlew, d188emlnatlon and 08calatbn of health and $8fety18Bue8 and Include8
managem8nt and unlon repr08entthn as as Staff repr88entatfve8 r￿MInated on behalf of
their workgroup8.
The Wellbelry Group continued to meet (iLKkng ts year wllh lh8 alm of operatlng a8 a
cor*uctlve paruclpalfve group. sharlng re8p)n81blllty for en8urfng lh8 health and weNbelw of
our staff Is fully dI￿ssed and actlons taken. The three key general 8rea8 are as folknw8:
Workload and ￿IrkI[¥j corKlI￿On8 and environm8rt
Mental Health Flr8t Akl
Athltle8, events. 80clal opportunlU88 and tralnlng
Any staff member can attend the Wdbelng Group meellng, lThever tI￿re shoukl b8 al lea8t
Iwo repre8entstlve8 for each of the tlwee key areas agreed to fadittate the d18(￿3310￿, agree
actlons and take fO￿rd. Other operatlng durfng 2023124 to 8UPPOrt staff Indude
Peo￿ of Colour rthvrk.
3.e2 Volunt••rlnq, worf( •xp•rf•nM and apprnntk••hlp8
Volunleer8 have provKled knvaluable support for all as￿ of tha Homlman'8 WOTk thi8 year,
wlth now opportunhlee from Momber3hlp SupprKt kn SUFP0￿r￿ Ihe Egyptlan Collections
revlew. In the wntext of a countyvwide dedkne In wluntserlng postcovld. we have (x)nllnued
ta Incre88e our effort8 to reath. rewlt and retaln volunteer8. 2024 has seen an IncrnM• of
ov•r 40% In voluntwiry 12.598 (up from 8,929 the I)re￿u8 year), and overall, 210
volunteer5 SUPPOrted acr088 the ￿Thn. Garden8 arKI SCC (up from 188).
A c¢xnffAmlcatknn8 volunteer In the ￿luntee￿l￿d team enabled us to promot• opportunltles
more wklety through 8tarKI8 at Homknan event8, C￿nectIng wrth univer5ty Freshern, Fair5,
aThl via outreach to knal volunteerftYJ O￿a￿satI)n$ and Job c￿. We intrDduced young
volunto•rlng. tBduclng the mknlmwn age fmm 18 to 15 to supp(xt &Lidy and carBer cholces.
Volunt••r r•cognltlon has also been a key focu8, with a knok regular newsletter, thank-
you events Indimllng the Chrfslmas party. a voluntser tsa paty, ar￿ a wreath makl
workshop for horticulture volunteers, cx)nsultatk)n (m Ihe.Hom¥nan's w values arKI
behavk)ur8, and reciprocal vtsits Mth ttle Tate.
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We devebped n•w touch tabhs forthe WO￿ Gam￿ and th8 *, 714, Tea (Cha, Chal, T•a)
exhlbitlon, with Irw from yo￿ntser *>c￿8 group& We al80 started plannlTrJ volunt•or.led
actlvlU•s In support of Naiure + Lovo. recwitlro a d￿Icated Nalure + Love volunteer k) help
creats and roll out training for al Nt)lunt8ers on eroaglw vbltors climate ch8rwJe, arKI
lalling new 'plck up and drcp. Nature Explorers activitss for famifm. And fmally, ￿ were
dellghted Ihat our Satwday Famlly Craft volurrteer8 were awar￿1 a hlghly commonded
certlficate for the Marsh Award br Volunteer8 In Loamlng.
3.63 Whl8ll•blowlng arrnng•m•nts
The Tru8t18 o)mmltted to corxluciing ts bushM8 In a re8ponslbh way and to 8n8urlng that the
publlc Irrtere* Is safeguarded. Affargement8 for whistleblowlry are set out In th8 Staff
ha￿lboOk, whlch is available to all staff. The Trust encx)urages It8 employee8 to raise
l•gitlm818 ￿fficer￿ In a resFK)n8ible way vthere they belleve that there has been som8 fomi of
malpractice arKI recx)gnlse8 that employees ar8 Wotected by law from detrlmentsl treatment
arfglng from thelr maklng s￿h a dls¢lo8ure. Concwn8 8hould nonnalty be rdlsed.ln the Ilr8t
Instsnce wlth line mar￿ernent ￿rtI1 not 8p[￿0p￿8te or 88tl8fa<knrlly dealt wlth may be made,
to the Dlrector, FInan￿ armj Corporate SeTvlce8, the Chalr of the ALKIIt Commlttee or In
extreme ca8e8 to the Head of Mu88um6 at DCMS. No 8Lth disd08ure8 *tre made durlrvJ the
year.
3.64 P•rnonal data
, There was no krKMn or report&l.1088 of por80ng1 data d￿1￿ the year.
3.65 Fundr•l•lw r•gulallon
During 2023124 the Trust's fundra18irvJ Staff undertook ath1ti08 to ra188 rr(•ney from trust8 and
fourKlatloM. bu8ln888e8. and Indfvldual 8upp(xler8. The88 Included writlrvJ bld8 and
appll¢atlon8, ca8hand contsctloss collei*)ns 0Tr81te aThJ the dellvery of annual regular gmng
arKI In-memoriam 8chemes. The Trust dkl noi uee extemal wofe881onal fuThJral8erB but dld u8e
volunteer fu￿1raI8er. We dkl rK>t receive any complaints about furKlral8lng aGtlvlty th16 year. .
The fvndra181ng.department has signed up to th8 Fundrnislro Regulatof8 Code of Fundra181ng
Practk*. regularfy revknvs tts FundralslrvJ EthIc8 Pollcy 8rKI all our fvndrnlsltvJ guldarKe and
rklnp practlce8 have updated so thal they are compliant. AU direct marketlrvJ16
undertaken by the furKlra18INJ and (¥)mmunkxkn team8 to ensure that ft r#)t unrea80nabty
Intruslve or perslstent. All Trust m8rketlro mqterfd ￿nt9￿9 el•ar In8truoUono on h¢)w a per3on
can be removed from maUlng118ts.
4.0 Flnanclal r•vlow
2023124 was a 8uccessful year as vl8ltor number8 and finarK*I perfonnance 8xceed&J pr
Covld-19 levels for th8 first ti￿, and de8plte a year'of slgnificant ¢x)st challenges due to Ihe
hlgh level of Infiatk)n 8everal eM%ptional Ixsts we were once again abl8 to add a small
8urplu8 to General Re8eNe8.
Tradlry actmues perfor￿￿ w811 Ixrt le￿rded 8 reduced I￿1 of net proffl after provhjlro for
Some debts from the pr8Nkns café operator. A rthv a￿1vIty, Soft Play, proved to be a
succes8ful venture. Venue hlre perfOrn￿d rrK)Te strongty than188t y8ar due to an Increa8ed
level of weddlng trMxJkirw whllst the sF#)p perfomHI at a slmilar level lo last year. The Café
once agaln perfomied stroryty In the fkst halfof the year but tsSled off as the tender for the
contract was in progre88.. Mlni Golf arKI the Homlman Market both b8nefitted from the
popularfty of Gardens. wllh both gor￿ati1¥d rnvenue8 at 8 thfflar level to last year.
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Income frDm charflable aclibfjdes, whid) incl(xles admlssion charg88 and membership I￿rne,
recovered strongly durlng the year and eXC￿ed 2019120 levels due to the popularity of the
Bfid( Dln08 exhlbitK)n. I￿Ome from schook, se88lons remai￿3 at a 8lmllar level to last year
Ythll8t events Inoxffie was rfjd￿8d.
The Trust ha8 once agaln benefitted frThn the Muselfft￿ and Gallerles ExhlbitK)ns Tax Credtt.
whlch18 avallable'on expernliture on new exhlbthons from 1 April 2017 and haslgd to
addttlonal In1Th￿ of £178k, from the devebm of the exhlbltlons under Nature + Love. *,
rq. T•a (Cha, Chal, T•a) a￿1 se￿[81 8Thlkscale temporary exhlbltbns.
In 2023124 the Trust recelved tapltsl furmllng fiDm DCMS of £1.034 millk>n, Indudl￿ £828k
additlonal fundlrvJ allocated for crttlcal estsles malntenarK¥ aNI emerrJency work's for several
pn)jects Ind￿lIr￿j refurblshThnt of the CUE roof, n8taUlng an alr source heal pump healing
8yStem at SCC and replac￿ of ltrkg maln lfft In ts Mu8eum.
The revalualon of fixed assets at the wxl of the year re&dted In a ￿ Intrea88 of £285k, Thi8
wa8 8plIt L*tween an h)crna8e of £978k on unre8trfcled a886ts arvj a deficft of £711 k on
restr1￿ed a888ts.
Inv••kn•nt Polky
Tho Compan￿6 Memmndum ofA860caakn glves th8 Tnmtoes the power to 'lnvo8t the
monles of the company r￿t Immedlatety for the furthorarKe of It8 obJert8 In or upon
8ud) Inve8trnents, 8ecurltles or propety 88 may b6 thought fi( but 80 that the ￿MpanY sh811
have no power to grant loans by way of Investmeth otheThYise than a ￿MercIal rats of
kntsr88t and upon securlty bearing al least tho fun value.of th8 loan,.
lkn to the dependence upon 6Xtemal furKllrvJ, bthlch frnquenty cannot be ¢lalm8d untll after
the expendlture ha8 been Incuffed. the Trust n￿1$ lo maintsln 8 hlgh level of Ifquldfty. The
Truth also wl8hg8 to Inve￿ ethkally withln the I￿nstraInt of the wulrement for1Squldlty. The
Investmenl policy18 thereft)re to kwest surplus fij￿18, abov8 the amunt needed for monthly
worklng.capltal pU￿Ose8, In In*nt acc888 deposlt a¢counts. temi depo81ts or othor low rf8k
Inve8tw*nts wlth at least Its￿ resporffjlble Institutions.
The obJectlve8 of Inveslment kK)Ilcy 4r• to baloneg:
Meellng ethlcal stand8rds
Hlgh level of IIquKIIty
Maximum rate of T￿rn at ac(*able level of rfs
R•80rves Pollcy
The. Tru6tees have ￿nSkIer8d tho 8¢ale, oynplexty aTrY ri81( prnfile of the Homlman arnl
taken ac(x)unt of the fuThJlng base ￿[Ch ¢x>n8i8ts of gr￿t￿id from DCMS 8nd 8elt-
generated income. The fomier has historically been reasonably knEeoable and a Framev*YJrk
Agreement for 202&2026 Is ￿rrenty belng Ilnafiwl wlth DCMS. Grant-in-aid fu￿1￿9 for
2024125 wa8 confimied In March 2024. Self4denerated incom818 always Ilable to fluctuation
dependirvJ on ecx)nomk ctronnst8nce8 and vlsitor actlvlty is still slighty uncertakn in the
current ecorK)mkn climate.
The balance on Free Reserves {Gweral FwKI) Is £1.563.MIllk￿. The Trustees have revlewed
the level of Free Reserves and conskler £7Wk t¢ be a mlninum level to (x)nslder the annual
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operalk)nal expendilure, to deal with In In￿￿, to provth aderyth working
capltal, to underpln budgetary aflslng from capltal expendlture p￿leCts, and uncertalntle8
over the level of future fund1￿. The surphjs of £863k over the mknlmtsm is avallable to meet
expeded deficits arfslng In 2024r26 due to infiationary Increases In (x18ts above our PLI)Ilc
fundkng.
Th18 polky18 revknvwj on an anNal bas18 by the Truslee3 48 part of the corporate plannlng
' and bwjget pmcess.
The FRS102 valualon of the pensbn l￿d as of 31 March 2024 a Surplus of £1.044k
(x)mpared to a deficil of £277k at 31 March 2023. Th18 surplus has rrt)t been recognlsed In the
Balance Sheet in acoxdance wfth FRS102 as there Is no unconditk)nal rbht to re￿Very under
the temi8 of the scheme. Thi6 Irnprov￿ from the pre￿oU6 year Is largely due to the
Bignfficant incre88e In the dl8wnt rate afKI a decrea88 In the firture Inllatk+n 88SLimptlon. The
FRS102 valuatK)n is based on the trlennlal valuatlon at 31 March 2022. which showed an
Improvement In th?18vel of fundlng of the 8thme such that It 18 now fvlly funded. As 8 r88U
the Tru8t18 no longer requlred to make any addltlonal lump Sum payinents, but the fulure
8erth rate ha3 km888d to 10.9% (from 15.7%). Th8 no￿ voluatlon18 due ab at 31 March
2025.
The ¢atw)rf88 of R88erves can be 8ummarW as fokn8:
Capltal proJec*8 fvnd: repr888ntlw Incom Inv88ted In fixed a88et8. adJu8ted
for de
redatlon
Revaluatlon reserve; cumulatlve revaluatbn 8urpluse8 and deficfts
Donaled a866ts reserve." repre8enlffVJ ￿ed assets wwchased from grants
arKI donatbns restrlcted by vlrtue of spedfic coTrJltknn8 or legal restrlctlon8.
ad
U8ted for revaluation and de
Other restrfcted funds: unspent fwKls restrtthd by VIrt￿ of 8p8dfic
conditlon8 or I I restrlcllons
Pen81ons reserve: repreSenItr￿ ts ￿l￿nI FRS102 value of tho ponslon
fund defidt
D881 n•l•d fund8 for Mu6ewn Devokj
Free R•8orvoii
Unrestrlcted reseNe8 over whlch thwe ar8 Th) restrfckn or specttk future
ndln
intention8
£'ooo
7,426
12,147
31,011
740
Full detalh of these fund8 ar¥J thek purpose are gIV￿ In rv)te 25 of the accounts.
Prompt Payment Pollcy
The Trust has adopted the Better Payment Practice C(xJe and a￿rdInglY 811 contracts have
compl￿1 wtth the ACL No interest pa￿Tr￿ts have b8mM￿le temis of th8 Act.
The Trust undertakes to pay bllls, except for th08e under dispute. in ac￿rdanCe wllh the
ntract tenns or otherw18e withln 30 days. Durfng the year, 82% (51 % In 2022123) of Involces
not In dlspute were pald withln 30 da￿ or SUFvller terw* (larget 95%).

5.0 Prlnclpal rlsks arKI unc•rtalntk•
A rlsk management pollcy and framewvrk are h plac8 for managlrvJ buslness rfsks. vthlch are
Iden￿fièd arKI monttored for each area of operatlon as well as for major p￿jeCts arKI
8ignlfKant new acthihl88. Th Senbr managem￿ Team ￿VIeW these rlsks regularly durlng
the year, and ai their regular ffwtirvas. TnJstee8 revbw ts rna￿r risk8 to thlch the Trust 18
exp088d. and the rnea8ure3 taken to mlw
•Wrth the legacy of SO￿19 r¥)w belrw ftwnaged. arnl vlsltor•aThl In￿me n￿nb￿S rfslng to
dose to pre-P8thmk knls, th• wlnclpal rf8k 18 INY•V ￿ Impaca of recent inflation levels of
arourKI 10% o)nsequent on the war In Ukralne arKI other global events. The impact on Staffs
everyday Ilve8 has been sIgnI￿rt 8rKI on an organlsalonal level wntlnues to Impact
b(xlgets when our S6ttkn￿t flum DCMS is wpll below this rnts. as well as on planned capttal
budget8 due to'the r181rvJ C￿ for materfa18 and Se￿(*8.
A furth•r rfsk18 around the capacfty of our Mirfrforce. to dellver the s(x)pe of projects
outllned, particularly In Iha area of capttal worf(s. The Nature + Love project will add a
8ub8tsntlal to many teams a(¥os6 th8 organlsatlon over the next few year8. Th18 wlll
ne￿ to be managed careftAty to en8ur8 other project8 arKt dayknday actSvftl88 do not suffer
a8 a (x>n8equence, arKI that ts %￿lbe1r¥ of Slaff (Thtlnu88 to bo prforltlBed.
A flnal 8lgnMcant rfsk relat88 to cyb8r8earty, where threats hve Inm8ed recenly,
partlcularfy In relallon to Ihe war In Ukraln8. We are adopthg a ￿Tht-. medlum- and lOn￿lem7
8erfes of actbns to MIt￿at8 the rf8ks a8 best as we can wlthln the resources avamablo and are
almlng to achleve Cyber Es8entlals * certllkallon over the P•ummer.
The Penslon Scheme Co￿lnUeS to be an ftem of contlnued rf8k d￿pIte ts furxl now belr¥ I
8urplu8, a8 the annual posltlon18.8U8ceptOble to 81gnlficant charKJes In 6evoral factor8 In
partlcular the dI8￿Unt rate, whlch18 deperKlent on th8 wld8r economlc po8ltk)n. Th18 18
n81dered to be low rfsk a8 It18 very unllkety that any Ilabillty wwld crystalllse In the
lore886able fiJlure and as current contrlbullor* are affordabl& have be8n built Jnto cuThent
plans. The outcome of the188t trlennla! review recelved In January 2023 wa8 8180 posltlve.
8tThlng an Improvement In ts level of fundkng whlch18 rTh Ju81 over 100%. Th18 risk ￿11
contlnue to be nM)nltored by the Board on an annual b8pJ8.
6.0 Pl•n• lor futurn prfod•
6.1 PrlorlUa• ft•r 2024125
Pi10rf￿es for 2024r25 are Qutlined In Our thI￿rat8 Plan 202&27 wNch can b8 on our
Web￿te at
.homlm8n.ac.uL Tcxlay. the Homiman is London's only museum where
envlronment, ecology and hUff￿n cuttures can be seen skle by skle at a global scale. Th18
m8an8 that we are In a perfe(a posttx)n lo place the InterfJnked Issu88 of cUmat8
bk)dlverslty and ￿da1 indusion at th8 c￿ of ￿ we do. For thi8 plan perlo(i. i
following have been Idenofied as our four orgaimsaknl tYknrtNes:
DI￿￿￿1ty. e￿agIng dherne al•Jlen￿8, 8taff, wAunleer8 and partners
Envlronmental and 80dal Impart maklryJ a poth dIfferen￿ to people ar￿ th8
planet through our dawtsday adivlty wojects such as Naturo + Love
Digital transfomiation: investirvd In staffs dlgital training, development and literacy
alongslde digital InfraslnKture to enable greater ambitM)n. efficlency arKI 8￿urIty
Income generatK>n: I￿NdIng (xe8t￿e profftable aclivitses lo enable greater
relevance a￿1 buslrMs T8￿￿nCe.
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structurn. GOV•rnan￿ and Managom•nt
Gov•mlng Docwn•nt
The Trust was Incorpor*ed on 29 D8(xmber 1989 as a c£vnp4ny Ilmtted by guarnntee
18 govemed by it8 Memorandum a￿1 ￿ ofA880aation. On 1 1992. followlng the
abolltlon of the Irmer London Educakn AUt￿lIty, the Trustees, fLrtbns relatlng to The
Homlman Museum and Publlc Park FoundatDn (Ihe FourKlation") ￿re transfvrrod to th&
ew tharlty (The Homlman P￿lIC Musetsm ar¥J P￿riC Park Swst) and the INst property of
Ihe Fourmjatlon wa8 ve8ted In ts nwl cl•. to be held on ex18tirvJ trusts, under the terms
of Stslutory Instrument No. 437. In addltlon. the Stalutory Instrument transferred ￿rtaIn
fOrn￿r local auth)iity P￿pertY to The Homlman Publlc Museum and Publlc Parf( Trust free
of tru8ts. The Charity Con¥nlsslonern have agreed the Foundatlon may be treated as a
8ub8ldlary charlty of the charitaNe ¢X•mpany thal admlnl8ter8 the propety of tth charllles.
Fomi of Acc￿nts
FOUnda￿On ha8 fK• *Kome or exp8Thllture of Its own. tts only 8886ts betr¥ the orfglnal
endowment by Frederfck Homlman. The Company admlnlsters the prop8ty of both
charltles on a comblned bas18 and the Truste88 of the Company conslder ft Impractical to
88gregate the results of Ihe t4￿. Consequenty, thè Fourmlatlon has been treated as a .
8ubsldlary of the Company and the resutts have been con801hJaled to represent thelr
comblned activitle8 {de8cribed a8 'Mu8eum' In the accounts and nots8). The collection of
exhlblts gfven In the orvJlnal Indentur818 Inallenabla. In addltkm, the orfglnal
proparty glven under the endowment has been so fundarrontauy attered 81nce 1901 that
onty an Immaterlal part of Its carrylng value reJate8 to the orfglnal Indenture property. The
TrU￿e83 o)n8lder that the costs of 88taNknhk￿ a separate value for thls property would be
onerou6 compared wlth the addltk)nal benefit. Thls enure wopety k therefore Included In
the value of the Mu3eum'8 freehold proFth arKI18 held as part of Designated Funds
(Capltsl Projects Aoxunt).
Homlman Mu88um Enterwl8e8 Llnilted, a vhx)Ily 8ub81dOary, bagan tsadlng on 1
Aprll 2005 and ft8 results have been ￿n￿lIdated from that date.
Corp(Kato Gov•ma
The 8oard of Trustees, whlch tywts at lea81 quarterly. Is re8p)n8lb18 for the charfty. Ther8
ar8 UP to 12 Trustees. four of vhM)m. kncludlr¥J the Chalr, are Mminaled by Sécretary of
State for DCMS. They serve for a four-year tenn, after whkh they May be rfrelec1￿l for a
further four year8 at the Annual Gryal MeellrYJ of the Trust. In a(klltson. durfrvJ the year a
B08rd Apprentlce wa8 apwnted imder ￿ UK Boardmom Apprentv Progr8mm8 2024 for
a p8rf(Kl of one year.
Dur1￿ Ihe year Hekn WHllam8 retlred as a Trustee arnl three r￿ I￿￿tee3 were apw)1nt￿.
Dlana Malne. Yesoml Urnlu arKI Nlcholas W￿.
Inductlon programmes are arranged for all wly appolnted TA￿tee6 (x>verfng the and
governar￿e of the Homlman and thelr respon8lbllities as Trustees. In addltion, regular
bllefings on the work of the Homiman and the d￿llengeS il faces are scheduled to coindde
wfth quarterfy Trustee ￿￿￿rVjS.
None of the Trustees ha8 any rnaterf￿ knterest In the charlty or any u)mpany directorshlps
or other slgnlficant Interests that may cause confilrA wlth their duties 88 TNstees. A notice
of W￿re the Regi8ter of Tnthe8' Interests can be vieV￿1 can be found on ￿ Trusfs

web81te at ￿￿.hOM1Man.ac.Uk. Trustees rwxive rm) paymnt may clalm tra￿1 and
sub8i8tence expenaes for att￿mI￿d rrwllrys.
The Board of Tn*ie8s has estabNd)ed an A￿lIt Conwnltte8 to wpport them In thelr
responslbllftles relathg to risk corrtrol and govemance: InclLKlhw the review of the
comprehensiveness, reliabillty arNI Integrlty of as6uran(xs requlred by Board aNI
Accounting Offlcer. Thls Indudes the detsiled perusal of the Annual A￿Unts arKI
i c0n81dera￿n of Intemal Audh Re￿rtS.. DurfrvJ the year tr**follow(ng Intemal a￿lIt rev18WS
re accepted: Physlcal Securty. IT IrrfrastrLKture arKI Volurthrtng Procedures as well a8
the regular anth￿1 rewi of assurance k) the Ao%unUre Offker on ts system8 of Internal
controls.
The Remuneratloh Commlttee 4xn8hJered rrntter8 relallng to the remunaratlon of the Chlef
Executive and mth recornmendathns to the Board thereon.
The Capltal PmJe(Xs Board con3kJer￿1matt8rs rnlattry to the eX￿tiOn aTrJ monltorlrYJ of
. capttal project8 atKI reports progre88 to tho Boafd.
The Restllutlon and Rep8trtthn 8u￿¢0MMIttee c¥n8ldered request8 made by thlrd partle8
for th8 resthution or repatriation of any oblect(s) in the Hc*niman'8 co1￿10￿8.
. Th Chak has been aFvolnted a8 ts Board'8 ￿ in resped of S*guardlNJ.
Chlef Executlve18 apFolAtsd by ts Board arKI h88 delegat￿1 authorfty, wlthln the
temis of delegatlon approved by the Tnrntees, for operatbnal matter8. The Chlef Executlve
18 8190 the appolnt&S Aco)untirYJ Officer armj a8 8uth Js rn8ponslble for the prnpar u88 of
the grant-IrFald glven by DCMS.
Homlman Mu8wm Enterprbe8 (HME) Llmlted18 govemed by Its 808Thl of Dlrectors, whlch
meets quarterly. There are currently two Dlrectors, one of wlffii, tsKI￿lIng ￿ Chalr,18
appoinled by the Board of Tlustees. The Ch8lr has the c8sUw ￿18. The dlreclors 8ervo a
four.year term, after whlch they may bè rfrelected for a fvrther four year8. The company
has tsken advanlage of the exemthn avallable lo small comparkn not to have an AGM.
All proffts of the IradkvJ 8ub8kllary are glft ahjed amually to th8 Trust through a deed of
covenant.
We thlnk Ifs a brilliant way to comkne
8chooJ leaming *7th reamffe example8 01
P81aeontology and e￿lUtIonary biffj.
Unlike tr8ditlonal museum exhibits, Dlnosa
Day Out wlth Th• Kld•

REFERENCE AND ADIAINISTrATIVE DEfAILS OF THE CHARITY
Reglstsrnd Offic•:
11X) LorKlon Road
Forest Hill
Company RwJistralK)n N￿nber 2458393
Lo￿n SE23 3PQ
Charlty Re9lstrntK)n Nwnber. 802725
Dlr•ctorn and TriwtM•
Mlchael GaIter￿Urth'
Eva Appelbaum
Carollno Cole ' (to 06.0724)
Roma Dlbua
Surojt Ghosh ' (to 06.07.24)
Sirr#)n Hesketh
Nk%) lacuzzi.
ana Malm (from 08.02.24)
Caroje Souter (to 06.07.24)
Helen WIlUam8 (to 12.0723)
Y6wml Umolu (frorn 08.02.24)
Nldksas (fnxn 08.02.24)
' nomlnated by Ihe Se(xetary of Stsle for DCMS arKI approv•J by the Board
Audh Commltt
Roma Dlbua, Chalr
R•muneratlon Crrnltl••
Salter-chwth. Chalr
Helen WilUam8 (to 12.07.fJ)
Nlgel Prout
Eva Appelbwm
Capltal Projects Board
Carollne Cole, Chalr (to 06.0724)
Surojlt Gho•h (to 06.0724)
R•8Utullon arKI Ropatrlatlon Commltt••
carD￿ Souter, Chalr (to 06.07.24)
Dbua
SurDjIt Gh08h (to 06.07.24)
Chl•f Ex•cutlv•
Nkk Merrlman (to 18.02.24)
Gordon Se8bfvJht (from 17.06.24)
S•crntary
Paula Thmas (to 28.0624)
MlchpAle (from 29.06.24)
Bank•r8: Ctyx1￿8je Bank, 35 Reg￿rt Stree( London. SW1Y 4ND
Sollcltor•: Bates We118, 10 Queen Strnet Pla¢x, London, EC4R 1 BE
Inlemal Audltorn: BDO, 55 Baker StreeL Lthjon. W1 U 7EU
Ext•m•l Audltorn: Moore Ifry8ton Smlth LLP, 6th Fknr. 9 Apthl Street, London EC2A
2AP
Vkaorfa Pknni*i (Interlm
(19.0224-24,0524)
The Tru8tee8' Report on page8 1-30 has been apPro￿d ty the Tntst088 arml 81gned on
thelr behalf:
Mlchae
Chair
Dats: 11 Juty 2024
Salter-chwch
Gordon Sea
ght
Date:11 July 2024

Remuneration R•port
The remunerallon of 8118taff employed by the Homiman, exGeM the Chlef Executlve '
revlewed on an annual bas18 withln the terms of ￿ annual pay remit agreed wlth DCMS
Ich takes ac(y)unt of buslness r￿d8, preswre8 and affordabillty.
The Rem￿￿ratkIn Commlttee Is a sub(x)rrffilttee of the Board and Is rospon8ible for
con81derlThJ rnatters relatlro to the reinuneratK>n of the Chlef Exeortlve and makiro
recommernlations to the Board tsreon. Detalls of membership ofthe Remunera
Commltteo are Includ￿1 on page 30 of th? TnBte88' Repo
The R8munerallon Commlttee may also conslder matters relatlng to remuneration of other
8enlor staff rf requested lo do 80 by the Boanl as well a8 ￿nsIderIn￿ arKJ advlslng the
Boa￿ on the gemral lenns of any pay Setllement propo￿ for st8ff a8 approprlate.
The Chlef Executlv8 re8lgn8d durfno th8 year and ￿aSed to be an employee of the
Homlman wllh effect from 23 F&b￿￿ry 2024. The Chief Exeort(ve'8 perfomance is
assessed on an annual ba818 agaln8t obJectlv88 agreed wlth th8 Chalr of the Board of
Trust888 and a bonu818 (xlculated on the ba818 of the ￿rfOrn￿nC0 achleved. The Chlef .
Execut5ve Is a member of the London Penslons Furxl Authorfty Scheme on the same tem18
as other employees. A new Chlef Execufve wa8 appolnted wlth effeca from 17 June 2024
An Interim Chl8f Exeortfve wa8 appolnted for tho p8rkJd 74 Febn￿ry to 24 May 2024. Thelr
remunerallon18 not IndLKled In th8 figure8 b8k)w.
31 Mwch
2024
£2.849
£14,851
£110,(KW120.IXKI
£11.781
£12O,IX￿£la0,lxKj
£20.902
31 Mvch
Real trKreaso In
Total xcN•J
£1.165
£8,976
£119,(W£120,000
£6,610
£l2O.¢x￿£13O,(x)o
£28.653
A8 shown In 11 of the flnanclal ststoments. Iwo other member8 of the S￿l0r
Management Team received emlurnents in the rawe £70,000-£80.000 and one other In
the range £80,o0￿90,lNjO. Thelr remuwatsn is determlned as part of the annual Pay
Settlement to all staff whlch 18 nWated wlth th8 GMB (mlon. They are also of
the defined benefft pen81Dn echeme on the satm temis
Mithael Salter-church
Chalr
Date: 11 July 2024
rdon
Dale:11 July 2024
31

8t•tsm•nt of Tru8t••8' and Accounllng oifK•f8 R•8pon•lblllll•s
The TnJ8tee8 arn reSpO￿lb10 for ptBpaflrKJ the Annual R8rM)rt and the flrAnclal stytem8nts
In accordance with the Cwnles A(* 2(Th a￿$ the A￿OUnts Dlrectlon i68ued by the
Secretary of State for DCMS. with the approval of the Treasury. and for betry 8atl8fled that
the finandal Slatements gfve a true and fair vlew. The Trnstees are 8180 f88FK>n81ble for
'prep8rltYJ the financial 8tatem8nts in aC￿rdanCe with Unlled Klngdom Accounting
Standa'rds (Unlled KI￿d0M Genoraity Ac(*pted AccouritirKJ Practice).
Company law r8qutr88 the TnJ8tees to prepare flnanclal statemerrts for eath Ilnanclal year
whlth give a true and falr vlew of ts state of affairs of the charlty and the group and of the
Income and experKllture of the group for that perN)d. In preparirg financlal
8tatements, the are requ1￿ to:
ob8erve the Accounts Dlrecthn188wI by the Secretsry of State, Indudlng relevant
accountlw and dlsc108ur8 requlrements, apply 8Uitable accounting pollcle8 on a
conslstent ba818
make Judgment8 arKI esllm8te8 on a reasonable ba48
state whether appllc8ble accountlrvJ staNtsrd8 have been follovKd. subject to any
moterfal departur88 d18closed and eXp1atr￿1 In the financlal ststements
prepare the IlnarKlal statsments on the golng concem bas18 unl888 ft 58 InapprDprfal8 to
pr88ume that the charlty ￿11 conllnue In LKth8
The TnJ8t8Q8 are responslble for keeplng 8d8quate acC￿ntIr￿j re¢x>rds that 8how and
explaln tha chariV8 tran8actlon8. disd08e wlth rea￿able acojracy at any time the
)Irbanclal po6ltion of the charlty, arKI enable to er￿Ure that ts fina￿1 8tstements
comply wlth the Compani88 Act 2006. They are also rE6￿SIble for 8afeguardlrKJ the
888ets of the charlty and Ihe group a￿1 hence for tsklng rna80nable steps for
preventbn and det8Ctk>n of fraLhl and other IrTegularllle8.
The DCMS AccountlrYJ Olftcer ha8 deslgnaied the Chief Exe(xrtlve of Homlman PLI)Ilc
Museum and Publlc PaTk TNst a8 the AccountkvJ Officer. The re1v￿nt dutles, Includlryd
responslbllity for ts proprfety and regularity of the p￿11¢ finances for whlch the Accountlng
Officer Is answerable and for the keeplTra of proper reL¥)rds, arn 88t out kn the NOTr
Departmentsl Public Bodles, Account1￿ OffK*r Plamorandum. by tho Tr•aeury and
pub118h8d In Man8glng Publlc Money.
Flnancial statements are publlshed on the chariV8 websrte in accordan￿ with leglslation In
the Unlted Klngdom govemlng prepara￿n and dlssemination of fIr￿n¢la1 statsments
whlch May vary from legislallon h otherJufl8dlthns. The malntenance Integrfty of ttie
group's website 13 the responslblty of ts Trustse8. The Trustees, re8pon8ibilty also
'extends to ongoing Intsgrlty of the 8tatsnwts (x)ntalned thereln.
Audtt Inforniallon
In so far as the Tru8tees arKI Ac(x)untffV Offi(x are aware:
. there is no relevant audit infom7atK￿ rf Ithich the charltth c<xnpanYs auditor is
k9ware: and

. the TfU8teos have taken all Steps that they owJht to have taken to wAke thernsefve8
aware of any relevant 8th4il Inf0rr￿n arKI to estab116h that th6 auditor Is aware of that
infomthn.
chael Saltorlhurch
Chair
Date: 11 July W24
Gordon seab￿
.AccountlryJ Offk¥r
Date.. 11 July 2024

Govomance Statement
Scop• of rnspon81blllty
As AccI￿NI1￿j Officer and Tnwle08 of the HDmlman Museum and Garden8, we have
respon81bllty for PUttirvJ In pla(* and malntalning proper arrangements for the goveman
of the Homlman's affairs together with a 80und 8y8tem of internal wntrol that 5UPPOrts the
achrevement of the Horniman's policies, aims arKI obied￿, whilst 8afeguarding the pub!Ic
fvnds and aésets for lthlch ACC()￿111￿J Officer is personally resFK)nslble. In accordanc6
wlth the re8pon8ib1ll￿s a8*ned In Managlr¥J Public Kth)ney a￿1 ensuring (x)mplkrra wlth
the requlremerts ofthe ManagThnt Statemenl Finandal M8rrL)randum.
The govemance frameM)rk comprise8 th8 8Setsm8 8ThJ pro￿e8 ty ￿lch the Homlman
Is dlrected and controlled. It enabl8s the Board to monltor achlevement of ts strateglc
objectives. The system of Intemal wntrol 18 a slgnlficant part of that framework and18
deslgned to manage rfsk to a r8a80nth lev￿ rather than lo ellmlnate all rlsk of fallure to
achleve policle8, alms and obJ8cth8", It can therefore only prnv*Je rea80nable and not
absolute assurance of effethene88. The 8y8tem of Intemal Co￿r￿ ts bawj on an ongolng
IYOC888 d881gn8d to Identfy and prlorhlse the rf8ks to the achlevement of the Homiman'8
polkl88, aims aTrJ obieGtlve3, to evaluate the Hkellho(xl of those rlths belry rea1188d and the
Impact 8houJd they b8 realised, and to rnanage effkknty. eff8(alvely and
ec0￿mICal￿.
Tha govemance framewth has been In place th1o￿l￿t the ypar endgj 31 March 2024.
Th• gOV•rnan￿ fram•work
' The Corporate Govemance Code18 approved by the Board aNI o￿lIneS the way In whlch
the Tru8t directs and contro& the Museum and Garden8. Tho TnJ8tee8' Code of Pracke
outllne8 Truste8 re8p)n61bllltles.
The key el￿ants of tho 8yStwn8 arnf that o¥nprne the Hwilman'8 gmmance
arrangements are 88 follo￿.
A goard of Trustee8, ￿lch meets at loa8t quartwty to fo￿ts on the 8trakn, polky and
dlrection of the frusL Thos Indudes agr8•kvJ 8 cofFxirate plan th18 updated annually.
88tting key perfonnance Indlcatorn and r8vlewlrKJ th8 major rfsks
An Audlt Commlttee. whlch meets three Umes a year to supwrt Ihe Board In thelr
reswn81biNtkn relatlng to Ttsk control and govemance, includlThJ detsiied perusal of tho
Annual Accounts arKI consld6rntlon of Intemal Audit Report8
A ReMUr￿T8tH)n Commlttee, make8 rewmmendatk)n81o th8 Board on mattevB
rela￿￿a b the Chlef EX8￿￿1Ve 8rKI other senk)r man&Jmnt reMunera￿n arKI
remuneratlon pollcy a8 requlrBd
The Chlef Exe(xthe, who ha8 respor￿NIty to the Board lor the overall organlsatlon,
management aiKI staffing of ￿ T￿￿1 and for its pro￿lureS In flnanclal and other
matters. Th8 Chlef Executive18 also deskJnated kne A0￿ntIng Officerf by DCMS. The
Acc¥)untlng OffK%r 18 reSwis1b￿ for managYvJ rtsk ar#J ensurfng that an effectlve
8yStem of Intemal cont￿116 rl7a1rrtaln￿ arKI operated vAlhln the Homlman
The Senlor Management Team supports the Chief Exe0￿Ve arKI 18 8180 reskx)nsible for
the management of resp8cOve areas of responsibilty withln the Trust a￿1 thu8 for the
delI￿ry of prograrrthes and polKl88 In Itw areas. The Senior Management Team

malntains a key rfsk Ilst Is (x)n8klered and ￿ated at least quarterfy and key
changes reported to the Boar(l. Tr SenK)r Managemert Tearn nomwljy meets we8
The line management Strudure fh)ws thrwh to Ihe Heads of Department. are
re8FX)nslble for budgets arnl stsff In thetr areas of VK)rk as well as for deliv*& thelr
agreed outpu
A buslness tsk managemert fram￿￿ through Hwjs of Departsnent a￿1
oiect managers are al80 respOn￿trAe for managing Asks arKI malntainlng key rtsk118ts
for thelr areas of resiK)n8lbiMy, whlch are uwlated at least quarterfy review￿ by the
Senlor Management Team. PerkKlk rfsk awareness traI￿n913 glven to 86nlor manager8
and departlnental managers
A 6yslem of delegatlon and a(xountabifty, whlth inck*le8 comprehenslve 8yStems for
budgetirKJ and control of expenditure ar￿ Inc￿ whlch fk)w from the coryx)rnte plan
Ich18 agreed by the Senlor Managem￿1 Team, and revlffiv&l arKI approved by
Tntstees
A Health and Safety Commlttee whlch quarterfy to consuft with employ8e8, revl8W
health and Safety practAc88 and procedures, ￿lre8s health and Safety ￿ncern8
A SafeguardlrvJ Commltt86 whlch moets quarterly to reth saf￿jUan11ng pra￿CeS and
procedure8 arKI addr888 88fwJuardlng rx>rMxm8. The Chalr18 the Board lead for
8afeguardlng
Policles and p￿ced￿88 for proteth ts Homlman I￿1￿lIng an anll-fraud pollcy, anll.
brfbery pollcy, antl-tsx evask)n pollcy arKI ￿lS￿ebINIng pollcy
Monthty revl6w8 by the Senlor Team arKI quartety reth8 by Tru8te88 of
flnanclal reports ￿k*1 Indlcate perfmnce agaln8t bL*et8 and longer-term
foreca8t8
An Intemal Audll functk)n wh088 pthwry rol818 to gfve the Accountlng Offlcer and
Trustee8 an I￿jependent and objecttve oplnk)n on the H￿nIman'S risk rnark7gement,
Intemal control and govemance. The Homknan u888 an ethmalty pro￿ed IM8mal
audtt 8erts, whlch operate8 to standards defined In the PUb￿C Sector Intemal Audll
Stand8rd8. The w)rk of ts Intsrnal a￿l￿Or3 Is Infom￿1 by the analysls of rl8k to whlch
the Homlman18 exposed, and amual hrtemal a￿lIt plan8 are based on th18 analy318.
The 8nalysls ot tsk arKI the kntemal a(Kllt plan8 are drawn up In cx+n8￿tat1tsn wlth th8
Audtt Comrth and approved by the Board.
In addltlon, rf8k8, Includlng irrformatNJn r*kn, have boon as8e88ed under the Govemment'8
socurlty pollcy fram8wvri(, arKI proportlonate oontro16 havo been put kn pl•x glven our vlew
of the a88es86d rhk&
The Hornlman do88 fKrt malntsln any accaxlrts or hokl ary fund8,' Inv08tin8nK dpnatkn8 or
ecor￿MI¢ resources from the p￿￿OrganISa￿On6 lis￿ in the latest HM Trea81ry Notlce
on Flnanclal Sanctbns, Rus81a.
R•vlew of •ffectlv•ness
As Acc￿UntIng Officer and Tn￿, ￿ are resp￿￿ble for revknving the effactlveness of
the Homiman'8 govemance framework. Ind￿￿1￿9 the Corporate Governance Code and
8yStem of ini•mal mntrol.
The Boanl perkndScally revlews ts effect￿er￿S arKI monltors Board attendano. The Board
mel five tknes durfng the year ended 31 March 2024 vla vkleo conferencing or In person
with atterKl8nce of 71%.

The Audit Comm5tte818 responsible for reviwAng the effectlveness of ts)th Intem81 and
extemal a￿1￿8. Both enntracts are put oul to tender every fve year8. Th8 extemal audlt
•X)ntrad was re-tendernd diylryd 2020r21 and M￿18 KI￿stOn Smlth wwe reappolnted. The
Intemal a￿111 contract byds revl8wed In Dècember 2017 aryj BDO (formerfy Moore
Stephens) were reappolnted to Gary out ts wo￿. The Commfttee 8180 out an
annual revlew of Its own effeCtIve￿ and report8 ann￿lty to ￿ Board.
Our revlew of ts effedlveness of 8udits 18 8180 Infonnod by the YKJrf( of ts Int8mal
audltors, the Senlor Management Team aNI depart￿￿ntaI managets,. wh) have
re8ponsibllty for develOpm￿t and makrtenance of Intemal control 8y8tem8, 88 well a8
comments made by the 8Xtemal a￿J110r8 In Iheir mawement letter and other r8FM)rts.
Durlng the year intemal aLKJIt revie￿1 ￿ folh)wiThJ areas.. rr Infra8tnKture, Phy8iC81.
Securlty. HR Polici88 and Procedures and Volunteer PIDC8dure6 a8 well a8 canylng out a
folloW￿p revth of progre88 on ts.InwlementalK•n of recommendatlons made durlng
prevbus audI￿.ReCOmr￿￿atknnS made by the a(MIlto￿ to strengthen Intemal controh In
the 2023r24 year have been Inweiy￿￿j or 8r8 In the proc888 of belr¥J Imw8morted by
managerr*nL
Annual statements are wovthj bYdepaIth￿*e1 manam, tx)nfimlrYJ th8lr awaren888 of
thelr re8ponslbllltle8 In the area8 of ri8k management arKI Intsmal c4)ntrol8 8rn1 gI￿r0
a88urance that thoy are unaware of any weakn88888 In ¢x>rtrol or trregularftl88, ha
not beèn notffied.
Al least annualty th¢ He￿1 of Inlemal AIKlh provlde8 an trKlepeTrYtrrt oplrthi on the
adequacy and effectiveness ol the Homiman'8 8yStem of irrtemal c¥ntrol10gether with
recommendalbn8 for ImprDvement' Ihls Is revknyed b the Aujlt Commlttee reported
on to ts Board of Trustees. ￿ oplnlon glven In the Lnu81 Report of the Intemal Audtt
sor￿ for 2023r24 wa8 as follow8: Rallng 2 Trrn 18 som• rl•k that managem•nt's
•¢IIvo8 may not b• fulty aGhleved. Imprmm•nt8 ar• r•qulr•d In thos• arvas to
anc• tho ad•qu•cy and l or •ff•cllv•ne88 of governin￿. rfsk m•nag•m•nt and
Int•rnal eontrol,.
We have prrJ¢xes In place to addr888 any *wkrn68e8 kI￿rtINed through the reth of
our effecllv8ne88 arnl tp enwre Cthtinuous ImFxovement of ts governance framework.
All of tha Informatlon lTrJkat88 th81 fv govemance frarnework ha8 opernbj 8all8f8ctorlly
d￿Ing Ihe financl81 year. No fx>ntrol ISS￿ have been klenllfied
s seriou8.
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Dats., 11 My 2024
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AccourrtlrwJ Offlcer
Date: 11 July 2024

Ind•pondont Audftorf• report to th• memlws of th• H¢)rniman Publlc Mu8•um and
Publlc Park Trust
Oplnlon
We have audtted the flnanclal ￿te￿￿nts of.the Homlman Publlc IAus6um and Publlc Parf
Trust (the 'parent charitable ￿mpa￿ arKI ts 8ub8Mllarkn {the group? for ￿ year ended
31 March 2024 whlch the Group Statement of Flnancial Athvltles, Group
Sumrnary Income and Expenditure Ac(x)urt the Group arKJ Parent Chaiitable Company '
Balance Sheets, the Group Cash Flow Statem8rrt aryl I￿6 to the financial stalements,
includlng *nfflcant acthuntlng pollcks. The financial reportirKJ fraywork thai has been
applle(I In their prepa￿kIn Is appllcable law armj Unlted KhvJdom Atxounting Stsnd8rd8,
Incjudiw Flnand81 Reportlng StsrK1a￿I 102 Tha Flnanclal Reportlng Stsndard appllcable kn
the UK arKI Republic of Ireland (Unfted Klrtyom GO￿rallY Accepted Ac(x)unllng Practlce).
In our oplnlon th8 fmndal 8tatemerts:
Ive a true arKI falr Vkni of tho ststs of group'8 arml the pwent (*arttabl8 '
o)mpanY8 affa5r8 as at 31 Mar¢h 2024 and of the grcw'8 Incomlng re80urce8 arKI
applicaUon of r880urce8, Ind￿*[n9 Its Inco￿ arnl expendftwe, for the year then
have been propoty prepa￿ In accordarKe ￿th Unlted KIr￿d0M Gw*raHy
Acc8Pt8d A¢countlNJ Pr8CtKe: arxl
have baan prepa￿ kn accordance wlth requlrThn18 ofthe Companle8 Act
20(13.
Ba•ls for oplnlon
We 0)n¢uct￿l our a￿lft In accordance vthh Inlemalbnal StarKlanl8 on Audltlng (UK)
(ISA8(UK)) and appllcable law. Our re8FK)n8lbllltles undor those standards are fvrther
d88crib8d In the Auditof8 Responslbilltie8 for the audit of tha financlal Stat￿ents 8ecUon of
our report. We are IrKl8peTKlent of the charitable r￿MpanY In accordance the ethlcal
requlrements that are relevart to our a￿1ft of ts financlal 8tatements In the UK Inoludlr
' the FRC'8 Ethlcal Slandard, and we have fuifdied our 0￿r ethi(al res￿nSIbIlItIeS In
accordan¢e wKh th888 requtr￿t8. We belleve that the a￿lIt evklence we have obtalned
18 Suffident and approwlats to a bath. fry I￿r oplnlon.
COnclu￿9n$ r•latlng to golng ¢mrn
In audiung the fjnandal *t8ments. ￿nClud￿ that the TnMtee8' u88 of tha g(ilng
concern ba818 of account*YJ In the preparatk>n of the llnandal statements Is appropriats.
Ba8ed on Ihe work ￿ have perforn￿. , ￿ hm klenttfied any materlal uncert8lntles
relalJng to events or WKlhlons thai, IrKIMdualty or colle(thety. m8y cast si&inificant doubt
on the group's arKI parent tharitable (x)mpanYs abillty to ccKrtinue as a golw concern for a
perbd of at least 12 month8 from when th8 ItrArthl 8taterronts are authorfsed for i88Ue.
Our re8ponslbilltles and ￿ re8p￿SIb￿lIIe8 of the TN8fee8 wlth respect to gotry ￿nCeM
are descvibed In the relevant seclior* of thls reporL
Oth•r Inforniallon
Thè ￿her Informauon comfv the Infomth I￿￿KIe￿ In Anrwl other than
the lknancial 8tatements and audltorfs rep(xt Uweon. The Tn*8 are respon￿ble for
37

the other Infomiat&)n a)ntalwl in the armal rewL Our opinion on the Ilnancial Steteff￿nts
does not cover ts olher informallon arKI, except lo the extent otheNi88 ewicitly 8tsted in
our report, ￿ do not express any form of assur8r￿ conc4uwn themn.
OLY resw>n8ibllity18 to read tlk8 other Informalk)n arKI, In do￿￿ so, ￿nSIder vtt*ther th8
other Infom)aUon Is mater7alty Inconslstent wilh the financial ￿ternerts or our knowledge
' obtsined In the course of the a￿lft or ottthse appears to be materlally mlsstated. If we
klentlfy Such materlal tru)n81stendes or appar8rit materfal mlsststements, we are requtro(I
to delennine wtthr there Is a materfal ml8Staternent In the Ilnanclal statements
themselves. If, based on the we have F￿fOrTh￿d, ￿ o)nclude that there Is a matorfal
m18Statement of thls other inf0m￿tkIn, ￿ are requlr&d to report that fact.
We have rthlng lo report In thts regard.
Oplnlons on oth•r matt•r8 prn8crlb8d by th• Compan1•8 Act 2006
In our oplnlon. based on the wotk ￿￿10rtak*n In the course of the a(NJlL'
1rrf0m￿tI0n given kn the strategk report arKI tho Tru8tee8' Annual Report for the
financlal >wr for whkh ts finandal 8talThnts are prepared18 con81stent wfth the
flnanclal ￿teMe￿8. and
th8 8trateglc report 8nd the Tru8t088' amual rewl have been prepared In
accordance wlth applkable legal requlremnt&
Matt•rn on whlch w• ar• r•qulr•d to rnport by •xc•p
In tha Ilght of ts k1￿WI8dge arKI UrKler5tarKll￿ of the group aKI parent charftabl8
company arKI thelr envlronment ObtaIn￿ In the Ix)ur8e of the audft. ￿ have ￿entrned
material ml88tatemerts In the strateglc reix)rt or the Tru8t888' Annual Report.
We have notNng to report In respect of the folknwlw matter8 vAwe the Compan188 Act
201A requtres us to r8POrt lo you If, In our oplnlon:
parert tharitable company ha8 not kept adequate and 8ufflcleM accounting
récord8. or returrn adequate for our a￿lIt have not been recelved from brath Mt
Vi8hed by us; or
the parent tharltable compan￿$ finarthl arn not In agr••ment whh the
accountlw records and retums; or
certaln dl8d08ure8 of Tru8te88' remuneration 8peafi8d by Ivw are not mado. or
we have recelved all the Inforn￿ and explanatlon8 we requlre for wr audlt.
R•sponslbllltl•s ol Tru8t•e8
As explained n￿18 fulty In the TfU8tee8' re6pon81bllft*g statThnt set out on pages 30 and
31. th6 Tru8tees (who are 8180 the dlre&or8 of ts (tharltable oxnpany for lh8 purp)se8 of
company law) are responslble for the preparntion of the finandal 8tatements arKI for belng
satisfied that ttr￿Y glve a ITue and falr vlew. arKI for such Intemal (x>ntrol 88 the Trustees
detsmikne is necessary to enable ts preparnllon of finarKlal stateM￿ts that are free from
matertal mlsstalemert, du8 to fra￿￿ or error.
In weparfng ihe finandal 8tatements, the Trustees are responslble 8S8essing the grow)
and parent charitable companys ability to continue as a golng conc*m,.dlsclosing. 88
appllcable. matters related to golng cO￿8M and uslng thè golng ￿nCern basis of

accountirvJ unles8 the Tn￿lee$ either interKI k) Ilquldatg tho gn>up or parent charttablo
company or to ￿388 operath)n$, or have ￿ roali8tic altemalive but to do so.
Audltorf• I•8pon￿bIllIIO6 for th• audtt of th• financlal 8thtsm•nts
Our obJecttve8 are to obtain reasonable 888urance at)OUl whetr*r the financlal slaiements
a8 a ￿le are free from material mlsstatenknt, due to fra￿1 or error and to Issue
an auditorfs report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assur8nce is a high level of
assurance bul Is not a guerantee that an a￿111 ￿￿lUcted In aC￿rdance with ISA8 (UK)
always detect a materfal mlsstatement Yknen11 tsxl￿. M188t8tements can ari80 from fraud or
error and are consldered material If, Indlvidually or In aggregate. Ihey (x)uld reasonably be
expected to Influence the 6￿r￿Mk dedslon8 of users taken on the ba618 of the8e finanGlal
8tatsments.
AS part of an audlt in accordan￿ ISAS (UK) we exerc18e professlonal Judgem6nt and
malntsln professional xeptiusm throughout the audft. We also:
Identlfy and assess the rlsks of materfal misststemonl of the flnandal statements.
whether fra￿ or error, de8kJn arKI perform aLKIft pr￿*dUleS r8spon8lve 10
tho8e rf8k8. and obtaln a￿lIt evkJen(% that18 $uffi(aent and appmwlate to provlde a .
b881s for our oplnlon. Th rlsk of not det8cllrwJ a rnaterlal mlsststement re8ultSng fmm
fraud Is hkaher than for one resuhirKJ from emx, as fraud may Involve collu810n.
fi)rgery, Irrtentlonal 0rn188bn8. ml8reweknns, or the ov8rrlde of Intemal control.
Obtaln an UnderSt￿1r￿J of Intemal C#y)trol relevant to the a￿jIt In onder to deslgn
audtt procedure8 that are app￿prIate In the ctrcumstances, l)ut not for the"purp0888
of expres8lng an opknlon on ttr￿ effedven&88 of the group a￿1 paMt charttable
mpany'8 internal control.
Evalu81e the 8pproprfateness of aco)urfThJ pollcl88 Uaed a￿1 the reasonableho88 of
accounllng e8tSmates and related d13ck￿Ure8 made by the T￿￿1868.
Conclude on the approprlateness of ts Tr￿lee8, U8e of ￿ golng concem ba818 of
accountlrvJ and, based on thé aLKIIt evklenc8 obtalned, whether 8 materfal
uncertalnty &x18ts related to evert8 or (￿dIt￿n3 thai may cast 8kJnlficant doubl on
the group and parent charitable ￿mpanY8 abillty to ￿ntInue as a golng ￿ncern. 11
we conclude that a materf81 uncertalnty exi8t8. we 8re requlred to drnw attentlon In
our a￿Jft0rfS report to ts rnlaied d18clo8ures n Ihe financial statements or, If 8uch
d18cb3ure8 are Inadequate, to nNJdlfy our optrkn. Our corKIu8lons are ba8ed on tha
audll evidence obtained up to the date of our audltorfs rwrt. Htr￿￿r, fu￿10 went8
or ￿ndItIOnS may ￿USe the group or parent d￿litable (x*mpany kn cea80 to
contlnue a8 8 goirvJ conc8m.
Evaluate the overall preS￿￿tIon. 8truclure WKI cL¥rtent of ts f￿a￿la1 8tatements,
IncludlNJ the dlscbsures, and whether the flnanclal Statem￿ repreisent the
underlylng tran8actlons arKI events in a manner tst achleve8 falr pre8entatrJn.
Obtsln 8uffident approprfate a￿111 evidm regardlrvJ ts finandal Infomatlon of the
•ntltss or business acmies wllhln the wp lo express an oplnbn on the
con8011dated financial stalements. We are reswnslblo for the dlrectlon, supervlslon
and perfomwKe of ts group audlL We r6maln solely r88F¥)nslble for our a￿111
report.
We communlcate wilh those ch8rged wth govemance regarding, amThJ other mattef5, Ihe
planned scope and timlng of the audlt arKI SIgnffica￿ audft findiws, indLKllw any 81gnfficant
deficlencle8 in Internal ￿ntrol that ￿ ljentfy durfThJ our audlt.

Explanallon as to whal ext•nt the audlt was ConsId•r￿ capablo of d•t•¢tlng
Irr•gularfti•s. Includlng fraud
Irregularltfe3. includlfKJ fra￿1, are in*nces of 1Th•lan￿ wmh laws and regula￿n*
We deslgn procedures h lkne th our re8por￿1bIlftkns. out11r￿d above. to detect materlal
mlsststements in respect of irregLAarltles. Ind￿lI1¥a fra￿j. The oxlent to ￿1¢h our
procedure8 are ¢ap3ble of ddectlNJ lwregl￿av￿8fr, irKludlrvJ fraud Is detsiled beknw.
The obJectlv83 of ow awjlt In respe4A of fra￿..are,. to and a88088 the rtsks of,
materlal rnis8tstement of finandal statements du8 to fra￿1. to obtsln sufficlenl
approprlate audit evkJen¢% regardlrKJ the assessed rfsks of malerial mf88talem8nt due to
fraLKI, through. designi￿ and Implemerrtlng approprfate re8ponse8 to ttrK)se assessed rfsks;
and to respond appropriatety to Ir￿r￿ of fra￿1 or suspectwj fra￿ ￿entified durfng the
audlt. However, the prlmary responsiblllty for the prevention arnl detecuon of fraud rest8
with both managament and tèw charwl YAth governance of the tharftabl8 (x)ry)any.
Our approach was a8 folbw8:
We obtslned an under8tandlng of the legal a￿1 regulatory rewrements appllcabl8 to
the ch8rftable company arKJ consklered that the nKJ6t 8kJnlllcant are th8 Compan188
Act 2006, the Charltle8 Act 2011, the Charlty SORP. and UK fina￿la1 reporttr
. Btsndards 88188ueAI by the Flnandal Repoty Coundl.
We obtslned an uthr8landlng of how ts dwrftsbje conwany complles wlth the8e
requlrements by discu8slon8 With management aNJ th08e charged wlth govemance.
We as8essed the rfsk of matsrfal mls8t8t8ment of the financlal 8tatomnts, Ind￿lIng
Ihe rl8k of materfal rn188tatement due to fraud and how It mlght OCCLW. by ￿lO￿n9
di8cu88ion8 wllh managemerf arKI thosè charged wlth governance.
We I￿u1r8d of managemwrt and those dlarged wlth ￿)vernanCe 88 to any, k
k￿nCeS of nMwconyllanc8 or 8U8peded rKXfrwnWtsnce wlth law8 and
regulatlon8.
Ba8ed on thls underntarKllrKJ. ￿ desbned 8P8cHlc approprlate a￿lft FXDwlure8 to
hjenufy In8tsnces of ￿r￿cOnVI1ar￿a wlth law8 and regulatlons. Th18 Ind￿led maklng
enqu5rf88 of management arKI th08e chary￿ govemanca and oblalnlrva
addltlonal corroborallve evklence as roq￿￿.
There are inherent IlmttaUon8 In th9 8￿j61 prO￿lUreS d88crfbed abov8. We ara1888 IH(ety to
become aware of Inslan(*s of non•cxbmplian(% wlth law8 and rngulallon8 that are
d08ely related to events aNJ transactkjns reftected In the fmanclal 8tatem8nts. A180, the rfsk
of not dele(*lry a materfal m188tatement due to fra￿1 Is hIg￿r Ihan the risk of not detecllng
one resultiTrJ from error. a8 fra￿1 may InwDlve dellberate corKwlmwrt by. for example.
forgery or Intentional nknpresertakns, ortrYowJh ￿l￿￿k)rL '
U80 of our r•port
Thls report18 made solely to (knrllable (x)mpanYs members. 88 a body. In acco￿lance
wlth Chaptsr 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audft has been uThJertaken
so Ihat we mlght State to the chariiable CoMpa￿S membern those mattern wthlch we are
requlred to stats to th8m In an a￿1110￿8 report and for rK> other purFX)8e. To the fullest
extent pemiltted by law, we do not accept or 86SLThe reSp￿￿lIty to any party other thaD
the charltabje compary arml charitable ￿mpany8 mefflbws as a bcKly. k)r our a￿lIt ￿*r￿
for thi8 report, or for the opinions we have formed.

M ••y&
LLe
N•ll Finlay¥on (S?nl()r Ststsrtory Audiiw)
Date: .24.Q¢ls*¢r 2024
for arxl on b*￿ff of Ktr￿stOn Smith LLP. St8tsJtory A￿ltt0r 8th Floor
9 Apwld Streat
London
EC2A 2AP
41

d•
2024
2024 2024
£w £[￿ £Doo
2023
Z023
2023
D¢nalion8'and l•gth .
Grantln Ad
NPO 9r4nt
Clh•rgrnnts •nd d¢>n•kn•
rolal Oon•¥omi •nd 1•9ad
Olh•r trDdln9 actrAY••
Ir•¢omo from knwi•lm•nts
kne4Jm• from tharft•blg •clWIo•
T*X•l
5M3
5.768
6.758
143
8.12e
1A49 1M92
1.549 7ts75
411
7.133
9r1
7,693
709
70•
10
118
14 1.s30
IAn 10.130
17
,17
1281
9.140
61
lJ32
9,761
8.667
811
p•ndRw• on
Ral•ln9 fvndts
1.137
38 1.173
13
993
Charft•bl•
7.191
760 T￿1
7h63
B16
7.989
Tol•l •xp•nd
8328
7a8 9.114
029 8,962
787 1J)16
707
T•xloTr (y•dlt
178
178
1S2
407
n7 1,194
N•1 g•ln• on r•¥thlu•Uon oll￿d
17.18
C111). 266
2.181
¢*Jaii•l galnl on dofin•d b•Th8lt
p•n•lon •thwn•
387
10,026
10.028
P4•1 nm•m•nt In ￿1*1•
1.750
76 1A26
11246
1*02 13.148
Fund b*l•noM br(w￿t *)vw•rd
31A82 $2AO8
29,791 39A60
Fund
11
(11)
22.883
31.751 64A34
20.926
31.602 52,•08
op•r•I0￿ ol th• ￿8•uM ¢ortnu•d thvwghwl l)th p•ilod8 and no opw•lSonJ ww• Kqulr•d or
d18w)ilnu•d In •lth•r p•rtod. Thgr• ar• no rwnls•d galn• (# lo#••• In th• aNrnnt>wr wprn¢odlng
¢)th•rthan •• 8tal•d In the 8l•lpm•ntofilnandal •(*th•.
The Inbm•kn prn¥•nl•¢l th• S*l•menl of Fjnandal *Lthl••• h •wl*l•nt *> that *ffilch **uld I￿14? trj
be ¢l•do••d In •n Incwn• and Ewidliv• kn<wnl 8nd •¢%onllrwty a hiuome and Ewdltts
untlB notpr••ent•d. as pomNbJd by8•¢*on 384 Companles P4A2006. No BepaT8ts Stst•mentofFSnanc4•1
le• ha• b•on *>r tho par•nt •*•rfty a6 pwmlllfjd by $oc*on 408 C¢mpwnSes knt 2006. Th0
8mount of th• net Inoxne d*t th? *wndal •lAlwnoDts of tho p•Mt th•i*y IB £1,193k 12023: not
me £941k- re•tst•d
Tho nots• on p•w 45 partoftho8• Inandal skn*n•nts.
42

Ne98 0¥$
16
17
4V15 46WJ ,
-13
CURRENfA8SEf8
4901
49.618
19
C•Bh
12
713
CREDrroRS: &nwrt• f
7m1
21
CAÉDifoRS: f•1
54A28 62.8ts 62
REPRESENfED BW.
31,751
31
10.685
12.147
31M2
101b32
11,171
31,882
10,027
11.171
277
12.147
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2024
2024
2023
2023
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18
Intsrestfrtyn Imwtmonts
118
118
17
17
Purdwo pl•nt•nd •wlsNn•nt
-1M11
-1A76
-1A78
-1A59
-1A)1
2,752
2,787
Co•h arnl •qulwl•nts b•tyrthg ofth• p•r
Q713
2901
Ca•h •nd ¢••h •ryth•knrt• 41th••￿rf th• y
4312
5.713
The nats• on pgg•• 45 1) 59 knmi wrt(*trwoln•ndal 8l*m•nl•.

1. A¢¢ounUng polklo•
a) Ba6is of A(tountlr
The fir*rKkl 8tstemnts have baBn In aLxwdanc• w#h tho Fir￿ClaI Rep￿1￿9 SIv￿d￿￿ apptk•llè
In the UK and Republk of k¢larKI (FRS 11r2). Th8 Clwliablè 18 a wbik b￿8ffl grojp for the purposès
of FRS 102 and thffelore it ha8 also wep8￿$ tts firnryjal In awdance Sl*ment of
Reportlrva Standard ath￿al￿e In the UK arNJ of IreJaThJ (Th8 FRS 102 Clwllkn sO￿rI> arKI tr
Charflte8 knt 2011.
Th8 financl818lat8ments ar8 prepml tj Ste￿￿ *l*h kn the fvnclbnal ¢wrreFW crfthe kYOUP.. M
•TKwnt8 In these finandal stat￿ ¥e r￿Und￿ to rnarest wJnd$.
The rI￿te* hvrfe 48gM8•d ￿ether ￿ u88 oftr* oolry Cl)￿ b￿1& 56 approwl8te and have ￿ld￿ed
PQ•8ible ev¢nt• or o)ndllloro Ihat mlght Ixt 8lW1fts￿ doubt on abillty of or(wp lo contlNe ￿ a gol
ncorn. Tho Tru8tses have made Ihl8 asSe88m￿l for a pwlod rf •1 I￿t ¢)ne lllxn the dats ol approval
of Ihe Ilnarthl statements. In pwtbJF* tho Tru81ees hw8 the grwp'8 f(YocB8ts and FYoJoclbrA
COnd￿led thal IF*re h a rea5(Thble expectatkjn the wp has o*uate resolyr￿ to cfxttlnue
operallong18xi8t8n(x lor Ihe fryo8004bkn ftth. The qroup adopt the golry ¢onc4rn
b) 8a818 of ¢on8olldalk
A8 explaln•d In the Truste¢$' reF*xI th• •JmSnith propwty th• Fournlaoon and the
compary ¢)n o ojnblned baBl8 tho Tn￿lee$ cornklor tt Imry*al to tho r•wll• oftho two.
Conwuenty, Consohda￿ a(￿￿nts h8¥e been wepwod ky the Muwm whith Irdudts Foundatlon 8?
VAI 98 tho grant4Tr Old arnl restr￿ fuTh18 admlnknlwed by tho Mu•ewn. Th8 aecwnts a180
con8011date th• r•sth of the WI￿tY (Y￿*d 8uhld*. H[¥￿M￿ kkneum Entofv Lknltod IHME). Thè
rnsuM• rf HME ￿ L*rwfklated ￿ a bath.
cl Inc￿
Atl Inc¥)me18 acC￿n￿o for on a rec•fvabl& bo818. Granl*ald from tho D•pvtsn•ntfor cum￿. Modla &
Sport allo¢oted lo gerwal PUffth•8 th taken to th8 ￿K￿m9 and expwKltturo 8coyJnt In tho y•ar tt h recal￿1,
d) Expendltur•
Exp￿d￿lre18 daMM•d undw the prfr*l catawleo (rf cost of gerwauw fiJNlJ. chwttoblo oth11kn and
govwnance on the b081B e•t (yJl belthv. ExperKlltsn on rthlrvJ hYJud•• tho dlr•cl C￿18 aThl
8upwI e(xts of all *#lvhlos Indudod In
Cherlloble xtMtb98 dlreo expend￿ wxl •uFwi c%•ts 8t8ff w•i• oltr￿L￿ab18 IA) all '
"activiti￿ In lurth•rnnce of the (*•rity'• Qts￿￿.
Dlr•ct coBls hav• bgeD allocated to an admty co8t (¥tewy thfiorn ol oxpgndth whkh
ba¥ls.
est8to8 manBggmert IT arKI general admlnthtlon tn wpport*KJ (w8tioMI wogramm88 f(Y whlth the
approthte to tho (%%t In¥ol¥od. as In not¢ 8.
e) FUNI 8(xounllr
Genernl funds we aval13t￿8 tr at tho dlstrthn of th8 Thwtees of tho general obJ8cth# of
the Museum. Deslgnatod fund¥ w• WI￿ be8n set a81dè at the dbJc*et￿ of the TnMtee8 for
apF￿r.
fj Crlllcal acojmty estknatés and w648 of N*gment
In the vlffw of the TnJstee8 In the aCU￿ntIng kx*d8s adopted, r<•htsnents TAwe wuwwj trAI
have a 81gnlNranl effect on tho amounts rocognlwl In thè ￿￿1818t&temènts ncr do ary •sbmaleJ tx

g) Herftage as8ets
Herllage ass•ts a(4uked X#)1 we r¢FKYW in thè 8h•8t at cost or, In the cae of ￿￿ted
assets, an internalty gefwated valuatk)n.
For tho Col￿tIor￿ Ihal ex18tod at March 2(K)1 Tnk¥t 1•5 t￿1 relSfibl• r*)st (K V8lL4thJn
Irrforniatk)n cannot bg (thlrnd at a cost commerwate wtth the bar*fts to uws of the fr￿￿oIS18t0ments
Itwoh valu8lh)ng are ovauth for 8om8 Ilom8 have bw loan￿. tIMe we Th)t for
An overd** ofttle xope ol the Pkmknwn'$ Co1￿110n# b •et IM at nole 10.
Hwllag9 a686ts wtth are stated at (*t are Imrt wJbJe(* to H￿1109￿ 8689ts stated at v8luatlon.
are adj￿ oach yearfor the ctsrwJo h RH. Impakmert8 In thè fXrytNJ of ho* 88Jèts we
roeo9nlood Iltly have 8ullered ph￿IC￿l thtarkxakn ￿1[ new dwbts a• to Identky, aut￿n•
h) TaTrJble flxed 88W8
A88ets comwtslng ts freeh￿d laThJ and inaln muséum At l(Kl Loth Ro&1. F¢xo8t Hll, Luthn
ed a8wts fomi the pwmrni érth•m)onl ol the FouTh
In 8fCDrdwKe wlth 'ExeCUti￿ NDPB knnual Report8 Guldonc•' the va￿6 oflond wrroundlng
th• Mu8oum'• fre•hold Prop*ti￿ (pri)dpally Ihe G•den8) l• ncw A rtr48luaUon ofaN the
Mu8•um's fr••hold l•nd and buldlng• wa8 (Krt at 31 Mgrch 2023 ty •xlwno1 v8lu•rn from Wllk•, Hmd
Note• of ts Royal In8lttullDn (I Ch•rtwed Sw¥e>m.
The comblned galn on tho rava￿allOn ofal and t￿lI￿n9* hal b￿n t&k•n dlrecty lo the Rov•￿allon
Re8erve. The vthalon$ $nd the treatm# ¥urp￿￿8 we In accordan￿ Mrfth FRS102.
Improvements to all t￿lId￿4 •ro ca￿tal￿ T**w•11 Is mldwrAI that futw• oconomlc bgngfits In (*
the orfglnally a88gssed gtandwd (rf perfrymarw ¥AU flcm a8 a result of that •xpendllwe.
Tho ¢aphalr8allon thre8hrAd Is £10.WO lyttage a810ts 8Th1 £5,(W for all rAhor {qI)00 b•foro 1
Awl 2010).
oitw tsr*lo I1x￿ a880ts v• stated ai modlw NutOrf￿ aB pormNtod wKler FRS102. The r•wlUnp
98ln8 ￿dI08￿ hav• b••n ta￿ dlr•cty to tt* Rev￿4￿ Reser￿. In ar¥>)ftlafre vAth FRS102.
Donthl 888éts, quallfylw as fwl a••¢•, wo rnvalwd, arKI wtlx* to ￿pa￿￿nI rwlm In th•
Barne way 88 Other a880ts.
n Deprnclatk
DepredaUon18 wovhled on 811 t8iY4IIM• fwl awl• al to tATl• IA7 c(*t or V￿[￿On of
Equlpmerrt 8fKS llxlLn8
Exhlbttlon8
3. 20 yéar¥
Freehold Iwlldtr¥8
5.20yw8
The maln mu8wn Iwlldky arKI SW Colo(kn Centr• are l*v8 In IW• gre*tr than
by FRS102.
J) lrtangble a•sets
Intang1￿¢ a8Mts an Ih rf mor• than ofje y•w arnl weat8r then £5.000 aro copltaF*•d.
AFI InlwglPAo 08eets ￿ m•a8ur¢d al COJL Is 811 lrrtar6Ib￿ 888et8. at r
¢aloJlatod k) vfflto off tho valuo of oech 818Ot efvrty over b experted UBefirf Ilfe rn81dual valug
858um8d. A full w ofam¢)rtisotK)n li cthargod kn If* yger tho osset IB roaty u80 and
8mOrt*allon l• dwrg•d In the dknposol.
k) Clher financlal inetrw
l) Ca8h arKI cash oqufvalents.. Cash ca8h wilvalenls (•h ot bw*s h*KI and
SI￿rt-lem1 d8p08tt8 vAth a Ma￿rty tht• ¢Xthree morths or le88.

date qxrrt8d at th•ir 21 If￿athn th. Debth arxlaedk(x8 ttbat ￿ Y￿a￿e or paya￿0 in than
re￿Ipts or pgyThM dtsc¢yJnted gt a nwknt raie d InknesL
l) Perthn costs arvj any 8880t or IlvA)lty
Th8 Hom1M￿ 18 0 ￿￿nber ofth@ L{￿dOn Per*kJn Funds sthme vthkh provkl88
tM•ffts based on w. net liaN#y or•J r08ulthw ￿erve h•vg beon ro(wnl88d
th8 Bdance Sheet ofKI Move￿ In ty Ilablty we dwg8d 8tstemort ol Fknra•l ktWo51
accordance wllh ￿ks1￿1
m) Slock .
Slttk18 Stated at t￿ INor cl(*yJt not rnthblo value VKI fc* re8* arnl 8lx)p 8t¢x
n) Taxallon
2010.
o) Lea8e•
Tho Homlman hal rn tImn￿ low•. Ccwts4n to wo •*wg•d to ts Stat•mont of
Flnanclal (Y•W Of￿ l•a*. FrThard NatAIl¢kn are d*cJoged 14.
Tho TN8t bo a Non.D•path)•ntsl PubU¢ Body(NDPB) 8pon•or•d tyth• DCNIg. a*ll•bf• br
nlrwJ (xpltal knprnqments ond c£l•dbon purth••v.
Th• rn*￿ts agaln•tthe fi)r202&24 •rn •otothkn IppNKllxL
Th• TW•1￿4 alloc•l•d NPO•lAaw ty￿E •nd trth• pwlp0201&2J.DCIIS *￿KO￿rth
fijndlng fr)r2023f24.
Tolol
2023
2024
2024
2tr23
2023
£￿00
NLHF ProJ•c¢grants
DonaOon• kn kk
L•pd
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417
417
49
24
24
173
.100
1,132
1202
102
41
97
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Nknue hlr•
Sh¢)p rn¥8niJ•
2024
£YJoo
2023
144
128
ahertradiry acl
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.248
131
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47

2024
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1361
2023
ml8$lonB arKI rnomb•rnhlp trKom•
Sth(th 8e¥¥loM IrKX)mo
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81
24
1281
51
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I￿18
14
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7. 2•24
c￿ts
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Ch•rtyt4>t*l
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I*￿Pt￿lI
2024
00
291
113
zoo
319
072
501
7.173
501
p•ndkn• ￿ P4knkn9fiTh1• 2023
Co•lB ofgenbrnlSng wlunl4rylncom•
Co818 ofoth•r•(*th• tstg•n•rnlry fvnd•
Co•
2023
£wo
390
240
835
358
993
740
253
Tho cij•tolg•n•rnlng wJbJnlary*Mm• rkno co•tofgwththg co1•
Dk•ct 8upport
C08ts
Co81•
£Y)00
2.738
Tow
2024
Prth4dln9 wbllo acr•••
1J26
3.732
1.728
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Col•cOon• dewlopmrt carn •rKI
14
14
939
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1.036
23
182
242
213
512
7941

Chrl*bl• Ath*l•• 2023
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2023
AGG•
Prtyldin9 publ1¢ •(*x¥•
Leamlng. publk prtyr•mmw •nd •thle•
¢olle¢Utrn4 ,
'¢X*Jo¢lpuwhè8• and dona•on
C¢￿•0*0N$ d•wlopmvA)l and m•nag•ffl•nt
£voo
lJ37r
378
1.715
4.132
1283
5A15
3.700
2P43
2049
1.127
922
8u¥ln•8• dm•lopm¢nt
Do*. rn￿1 pr¢lectrwAnuo ¢¢•
14b￿n￿•￿na and ••r*x •upport
i6•
184
69
412
181
238
86
506
17.
93
6239
2.730
7￿69
8upw¢ ￿ alloeaiion 2024
th•
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£￿00
133
120
186
1223
01
1.728
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£wo
218
214
370
2P99
100
3m1
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aloe•tkn
% spand
h•ad Count
woth •l•1Son•
ffloor •r•
•nd
É*oo
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Human Re8OU
£*oo
37
29
16
19
29
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￿0￿mIne
Totsl
734
17
933
15
288
Supp￿ c￿* all￿•U￿Tr 202?
futw•
£YJoo
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£YJoo
27
42
31
142
Éyoo
135
£￿0
41
Fln•n• & admln.
Hum8n R￿o￿T(￿a
IT
Fadlllè• mgt
241
239
283
2.120
100
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2083
R•munernYon pald *) th• audlknB In 2024 •m¢)unl>d tr) £28k (2023 £23klkn addllrM•l •mwntof£7k w•6 p•ld
to tho Dam• Imi In re•po(*oflwlJon ••Thl(•4 (21Y23 £fkl
17
h•ad (xwnt
WO￿ 8taUon•
fioorarna
142
1236
17
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253
9.Thxat
Th? Hornlman Publlc •AJ•￿M •rKI Publbc Pwk TnMtl8 • r•gl•*M•d Lry •wplkn thx*)n
InMm• and galn• tslllno wlthln p•rt 11 oltle CtypornllL￿ 2010 or •256 oftho Twlbon olCh•r9•abl
Gttln• 1992. •xIontth•tth￿￿ applled kn Its th•rtlJbl• ubJK*w. No taxth•rg•8 h8* •rf8•n In charfty
In olth•ff 2024 or 2023.
Tho ¥ub81dlary Homimon P+•J••um Enknirl8e• Llmw h•8 no knblo prolts kn 2tr24 or2023 a• Its T￿blO prnfft
hao be•n dohaled k¥ the Homlmjn Kkn8eum und•r gfftald.
Th• Homlmon Publlc IhJ8•um and Publlc Pa￿ Tru8twa• •Mglbl8 dakn W4ourn E*blblllon TaxMI￿lIb r••p•c*
of 2024. The lnando181olpm•nlB Indude £178k in arvl otherd•bbY8.

10. Staff ec•ts
2024
2023
£wo
4.16e
394
and •al•de8
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Olhefp8n8lon
4A68
437
453
5.408
4.919
205
177
6.863
5x198
E￿1￿4￿8981 *JlBlln9 £nll wor• p4ld k* O *SJrfn9 •1• >wil2023. £nlll No •mployw• r•c•l4gd any
￿no￿ly In ￿nd.
Employm•nl <vntr•th ofall ltaff maybe knwmlnoknd by•1*￿1 p•tyg1￿n9 th• aPp￿prt0Its10ngth ofn01￿ ••
fjpedfi￿ In th* contr•dand th•r• arg no 1orniln•lon paynenls 811tr•od.
No (YJn•ultsnay•laff w•r6 u••d durtng JWT and th•rnkni no tsxa•8ur4n¢￿ rfjqulr•d.
Conlng•nt1abouro￿
Keyrn•napm•ntp•r•onno1 Indud•8 th• Tw•tM•. th• CEOand I￿0 I•POTlng t• th• CEO a• follow8.'
D*8caor, CoNeclon• Cdrn •nd E•tskn
DJY•ctor. Communk*iion• and kncom• Gon•rn•on
Tot•1 rnmunoralon pald kn tr￿• IndI￿￿u•l* •MOun￿ kn £487k (2023: £434k)
Th• ••l•ry•nd pan•lon enllU•m•nts olthe C￿•1E￿￿jU* swo lotout In th• r•porl ofth• R•munernlon
C¢mmlkn• on p•9• 11. Th1• fall$ Intr) th• brack•t£l2(￿I3ok. In •ddMon kn M￿ts•r¥ ofk•ym•nagwi•nt
p•rnonn•l IIBt•d roc•lwd orndum•nts In th• r•n9v £7fy £8Ok (2023-2). othw Sn th• rnng• £804Ok (2023- 0)
arid non• In thg ran￿ £60-70k (2023 1) No ot￿r m•mb•rn ol•tsff r•r*Tr￿d •moluments abow ThM•
•mplos•th¥ •rn m•mb•rn olth• doln•d bw)DfitpM•ton on th• •am• *rrn• •• oth•r Itsff.
Th• fw•ts•# n•llh•r recal￿d nOr￿l￿d •ny•molum•Al• durfng th• J•or(2023 * nlll Ewn••• 01£18
r•lmtwrn•d b) durtng th• ￿￿•￿>••r(2￿24-0
12. 8i•ff Pknb•r•
Th• •v¥rag• •clual numb•fol•mp*•• dwlr•o th• y••r. *Kludlng 6 *mp¢r•ryts)ntr•(ts. wa•.14712023. 153).
Th• nufflb•r olfvll Um• •qul*l•nt•mplo>w• •131 2024 VM• 129.51202>122J) •nafy••d Intr) t
Ilowlng ￿**90￿￿.
E)thlbllon8
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qua￿uM and *041Im•l SV•lk
L•amlng •nd lknlunlwrfTrp
CurntrJrFal
M•ltor ••r4
GAr¢l•
E•l•knB
Fln•nr*. IT. HR and Pdmlnl•lrnl¢n
Communlcalon• and kKom• ¢knw••on
Mnnag•ment
N4￿r• + Lo¥D w(4oct
2ff24
2023
•.7
12
132
122
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21
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129
122.8
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118.2
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The TNstowns 100% ofth•1s$ufjd $l*e cgr4t81 ofHorn•n Ilrn•um En*fths Umll•d (iaxnp8nyrnplstrAOon
numbor. 5210248). Thè aggr•9th 0f•J••ts.11obllO￿ •ndfvnd8 dHomknan En*r1888 Umll8d ot 31
2024 wqrn£5k12023- £Sk
b) R￿￿¥•01￿&dInp
Tumo%er. '
eo•totial•8
Qro81 profft
Opornilng and
Qp•rnllnp pr(
f4ftakl ty the Tnmt
8urplu• rplth•d In company
2024
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-21Y
311
-311
279
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Th• gffjup h•• •nknrnd •n op•rnYrffj l•w•eknrt* ol•wpm•ntln lkn opwmfjon. Th• mlnknum p•yTr•nts
du• W￿•rth￿• (xjntrath wllth *(* ofth• •r•.'
NDtl•lwrth•n on• J
L•knrth•n on• yur bulnot l•knr•￿ J•v•
io
28
10. fAWtsI Commlkn•
i•1 ￿mmI￿4n￿ *t31 2024 t+£97kln I••p￿101•￿ mmln IMr•*4mwrt(2023- nll.
18 H•rll•B• A•Mts
Acqut8llkTh at
valual
At (Y.042023
A￿1
Re¥aluaOon
At 31.032024
io
240
10
678
20214022
Tr￿Mb•r
Numl)orol
Donakns
Totsl
Only NKthages coit £10,CKI) ry mrffe wo cvJW•wJ.
51

Only thoje d¢YJalkTh whore lh8 altr￿uted valu& was £I0.(K(l mcrn oro ca*li¥•J. Al val￿¥￿0n￿ are ￿rrfed
1U AGquhhlon• d1•p￿th polky
purch08e ordryth
detract fr(¥n the Intwlty ofth• ¢dlth. agakn* tho th$po￿l ol any att•8aon•d
Itom8 In ts H(¥ram￿'S cdlrthn éxcopl lor If￿nd anthy rnarog8w￿ re86w or In
FuFther d•talh ofpolK*• b• trAmd al
16A Coll•cdon•
age4, •billlle• •nd bofvnds t* partldpjle h *KI •*ji¥1￿ •md
events- both f•co to f•¢e oTrlM'
firtw•.'
KquI*Uon, docffii•nl•lton edlocuorn cuo. from (¥)l•¢kn we dSW•>vJ In muwum
•nd on owwfjbslkn. (Y made avallrt40 to thlrd LYd•• tsyarn hdd at our StsKly Coll•cdtJn•
Contre fty rn86arth and fulur• ￿•.
Ubrnry and 8rchlv• •*rAo• f4cNIIkn •xhlbllkTh arn b•••d thrftymod bytho r04￿1•n￿ts af BS 6164
•nd Th• N•tlon•l A￿1¥￿ StsndArd for Roc¢rd Repo
Th• Homln%qn
The Homlm•n WW;
h•¥e SO￿T• Ule kn 41 oW•c* kn tho C•kn:
hold b￿lC d8ts on ¢bJec* lo that ft bo urdw and th• aud1￿ I•9￿￿.
16.0 An olth• Coll•ctlon•

Numb•r
¢•ptt•lkn•d
a• at $1I￿v24
ai at31MJ24
.19
18
Mu•leal Initrwn*
31m3124
103
Na￿la1 Hlsityy
Edu￿1 Han(Ilng Colèellon
2XI.(
TOTAL
37
John Htxnlmon. Bcm in 1836, Fredwk* was on avld from ch1hJlK￿1. H• Is thoutht to hav8 stsrt•J
Brfll8h MU￿￿￿. the P1tt411m Muwum. Oxftyd arnl rrfthedogy WKI Anthropology, c￿n￿￿*Bo.
The r￿llec1￿M wovkl8• a path Inkn tho Und•rntsnth￿ ef lh• •vw>thy IW• af pooplo from •1 over th•
wortd. Incf4Alkng Tho quatity, and bMuty of tho oi¥•(16 In the ar• • l••tsm•nt to tho
i•c*rAcal. 4•8thth ONI praclle81 of pwlo thYou9hrxrf trK* *nrfd.
COMpr•h￿ h tho UK. Tho old••t knBlnJwl h a patr olbcrn clappws In th• kn of human trond• m•do In
Eg>pl 4rouNI 1,800 BC. guts• dAttrYJ fnxn th• 1990* Ore among th• nx)Bt
ocqul8lllon$. Tho to •)und •nd th i•(xydkngs*llh th• d(x￿M￿lI￿1lQn k*re8th nv
"Ind1• •nd Instrum•nts aTrJ ar¢lkn8 fnxn Ih Bocw & H•th• fa¢tyy. Th• ￿hYnIm￿ ilBo hold8 otsr dwllkant
8h81kn. blnl•' •gg8. plnn*J fr••ze drf•d hl•k*¥lcal •lldo•. Ir￿ ￿ld we••r¥•d m•t•rf•l,
Arthlval Infomalon.
16A Non In¢lu•lon ol Il•rf1•o• A•••l• In th• 81w•t
aCq￿r•d fv lo Aprtl 21XJ1. TNS IB the la(* of rnlNbf• InlThTrnkn cffl purthow co•1: lh8 ladt
Inujr 81wlfic8nteost and • lkn• Ihat IB W k+ b• Even Ilv*uatk)n$ ¢wkl b• obL4ln•d th•

17. T•rylbl* ts•d u••
Pn•1￿1 A•••ts knll
L•nd & ¢ow8•
Co4torv•lu8Jon
1 Psvll 2023
*41dldons
DI•p08•18lon•f•
Rryluatton
31 2024
rooo
9.766
22
7.176
515
(64)
61.430
1,601
(641
524
83.601
10
576
419
10.197
{213)
43.192
7.945
1.591
At 1 Pyrfl 2023
Prthlded In >•
OI•po8al•
Rth•lu•tion
A31 Vard12024
51197
285
(49)
229
SJ82
11*915
2n
(49)
263
13P10
307
P73
N•tbook v•lue
31 2024
31 2023
578
2a83
2.079
2.749
2￿56
43.192
43aO8
1,691
824
50.491
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