Horniman Museum: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to March 2025 it reported turnover of £10m.
- In the year to March 2025, Horniman Museum had turnover of £10m, up 2.8% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £0.9m, keeping £8.46 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 115 people, with staff costs of £6m.
- These figures are from The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust's group accounts for the year to March 2025, filed at Companies House on 5 January 2026.
- Registered name
- THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST
- Company number
- 02456393
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 29 December 1989
- Registered office area
- South East London
- Industry code on the register
- 91020: Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2025, filed 5 January 2026
What does Horniman Museum do?
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust is the charity that runs the Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill, south London. It began as the collection tea merchant Frederick Horniman opened to the public in his home, and holds anthropology, musical instrument and natural history collections alongside an aquarium, a butterfly house and gardens. Entry to the museum is free. Its income includes government funding through DCMS, paid attractions, membership, donations and venue hire.
In brief: museum charity in Forest Hill · anthropology, instruments and natural history · free entry with paid attractions · gardens and venue hire
Source: Horniman Museum's own website, retrieved 27 September 2026.
Who owns Horniman Museum?
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust, company number 02456393, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Horniman Museum?
The Companies House register lists 12 current officers for The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust.
All 12 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| James Simon Hesketh | 19 October 2017 |
| Mayowa Ochere | 10 October 2019 |
| Eva Appelbaum | 14 October 2021 |
| Roma Angela Nelson Dibua | 14 October 2021 |
| Michael La Roche Salter-Church | 14 August 2022 |
| Nicholas Wyver | 8 February 2024 |
| Diana Maine | 8 February 2024 |
| Yesomi Umolu | 8 February 2024 |
| Rodney Phillip Taylor | 6 February 2025 |
| Edmund Philip Neuberger | 24 April 2025 |
| Patrick Toshio Barker | 24 April 2025 |
| Naila Yousuf | 24 April 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Horniman Museum file?
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust reported turnover of £10m in the year to March 2025. That was up 2.8% on £10m the year before.
It reported 115 employees. The year before it reported 123.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £0.9m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £1.0m the year before.
Staff costs came to £6m. That is an average of £49,000 a head. It ended the year with £2m at the bank and net assets of £56m.
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10m | £10m |
| Pre-tax profit | £0.9m (filed) | £1.0m (filed) |
| Employees | 115 | 123 |
| Staff costs | £6m | £6m |
| Average staff cost per head | £49,000 | £46,000 |
| Bank and cash | £2m | £4m |
| Net assets | £56m | £54m |
| Directors' pay | £0.6m |
Read the accounts to March 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
How Horniman Museum compares
Of the 13 independent museums and galleries, Horniman Museum is 7th on turnover, 3rd on profit margin and 7th on growth. Dulwich Picture Gallery keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £17.07.
| Rank | Independent museums and galleries | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Royal Academy of Arts | £37m | −£9.68 |
| 7th | Horniman Museum | £10m | £8.46 |
| + 11 more independent museums and galleries ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Horniman Museum files as The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust, with turnover of £10m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Horniman Museum
What does Horniman Museum do?
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust is the charity that runs the Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill, south London. It began as the collection tea merchant Frederick Horniman opened to the public in his home, and holds anthropology, musical instrument and natural history collections alongside an aquarium, a butterfly house and gardens. Entry to the museum is free. Its income includes government funding through DCMS, paid attractions, membership, donations and venue hire.
How does Horniman Museum compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Horniman Museum is 7th of the 13 companies in our battle of the independent museums and galleries, behind Royal Academy of Arts. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the independent museums and galleries →
Who owns Horniman Museum?
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does Horniman Museum make?
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust reported turnover of £10m in the year to March 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £0.9m.
How many people work at Horniman Museum?
The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust reported 115 employees in the year to March 2025.
Who runs Horniman Museum?
The Companies House register lists 12 current officers for The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from The Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust's filings at Companies House, company number 02456393, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Horniman Museum: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/horniman/. Figures from Companies House filings for THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST (02456393).
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