IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Active
Company number 00918560Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 1967

Key figures

£46,380,198
Net assets 2024

† IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024

Sector comparison

SIC 91020

Where the company stands among the 864 active companies whose first SIC code is 91020 (Museums activities).

Net assets£46,380,198
Higher than 99% · median £43,012
Total assets£48,984,751
Higher than 99% · median £86,121
Cash£621,973
Higher than 84% · median £77,512
Company age59.1 years
Older than 96% · median 18.8 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS£85.9m
  2. THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST£56.1m
  3. HARLOW ART TRUST£47.9m
  4. IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED£46.4m
  5. PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY£45.8m
  6. BEAMISH MUSEUM£40m
  7. THE TANK MUSEUM LIMITED£29.8m
  8. DEEP-SEA LEISURE PLC£28m
  9. THE POWELL-COTTON TRUST£27.3m
  10. LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM LIMITED£26.7m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 864. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 00918560. It was incorporated on 18 Oct 1967. Its status is active. The registered office is in Shropshire (TF8). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is museums activities (91020).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files group accounts. Net assets were £46,380,198. Cash at bank and in hand was £621,973. Total assets were £48,984,751 and total liabilities £2,378,975. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023–2024).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 864 active companies whose first SIC code is 91020: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £43,012). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £86,121). By cash it ranks higher than 84% of them (median £77,512). It is older than 96% of them (median age 18.8 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 20 central government grants worth £12.1m, mainly from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 503717) with a latest reported income of £9.2m.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 13 May 2027.

Filed accounts2023–2024
2023 †2024 †
Cash at bank and in hand51,916621,973
Total assets50,204,27048,984,751
Total liabilities3,824,0722,378,975
Net assets / total equity—46,380,198

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

20 grants

IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 20 central government grants since 2017, together worth £12.1m.

Funders
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
13 grants · £9.8m
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
7 grants · £2.4m
Grants
  1. Investment FundsDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £90,000
  2. ALB-Historic England-Reviewing Collection of Nationally Designated Industrial Sites PreservedDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £4,305 · ALB-Historic England - Heritage Protection Commissions and Capacity Building -fy 23/24
  3. Investment FundsDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £571,420
  4. Investment fundsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £20,000 · Investment Funds
  5. Investment fundsDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £313,255 · Investment Funds
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  1. ALB-Historic England-National Capacity Building: Industrial Heritage Support Officer (IHSO)Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £25,905 · ALB-Historic England - Heritage Protection Commissions and Capacity Building -fy 23/24
  2. CAF Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Conserving the Historic EstateDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,500,000 · Cultural Asset Fund
  3. CAF Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Conserving the Historic EstateDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £668,414 · Cultural Asset Fund
  4. CAF Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Conserving the Historic EstateDepartment for Culture, Media & Sport · £697,983 · Cultural Asset Fund
  5. National Portfolio OrganisationsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £749,709
  6. National Portfolio OrganisationsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £313,255
  7. Ironbridge Gorge Trust - Museum of the GorgeDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £29,025 · ALB - Historic England - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk - f/y 21/22
  8. ALB-Historic England-Industrial Heritage Support Officer (IHSO)Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £24,558 · ALB - Historic England - National Capacity Building Grants - f/y 20/21
  9. ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Ironbridge Gorge Trust - Museum of the GorgeDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £29,025 · ALB - Historic England - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk - f/y 20/21
  10. Ironbridge Gorge Museum TrustDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £749,709 · ALB - Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisations
  11. West Midlands Museum DevelopmentDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £313,255 · ALB - Arts Council England - National Portfolio Organisations
  12. Skills development for MD national team on inclusive practiceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,820 · ALB - Arts Council England - Investment Funds
  13. Turnaround IronbridgeDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,860,000 · Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)
  14. Turnaround Ironbridge - #2Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,140,000 · Culture Recovery Fund: Arts Recovery (ACE)
  15. ALB-Historic England-Industrial Heritage Support Officer (IHSO)Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £24,830 · ALB - Historic England - National Capacity Building Grants - f/y 21/22

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 503717
Registered with the Charity Commission
15 Jan 1968
Income, year to 31 Dec 2024
£9.2m
Spending
£9.6m

The principal activities of the Trust are the preservation of historic properties and the development and management, as an educational charity, of Museums relating to the industrial, social and economic history of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site and related areas, with particular referenc…

View on the register of charities

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

History

3 events
  1. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £46.4m
  2. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts filed
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.