THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  +5.2%

  £4,574,715 → £4,810,339

• Cash

  +11.1%

  £2,308,805 → £2,565,136

  highest in 3 filed years

• Net assets

  +10.1%

  £4,279,904 → £4,712,750

  highest in 3 filed years

• Employees

  +11.8%

  68 → 76

  highest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  +20.2%

  £1,560,401 → £1,876,228

  highest in 3 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Hurst Accountants Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation given past performance and reserves levels that the Museum has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM · parent
   1. National Football Museum at Urbis (Trading) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Commercial operations

Significant events

• “In August 2025 we created 5 new directorates and are prioritising the business plan over the next 18 months on increasing visitors, impact and engagement, increasing and diversifying our income and developing the ground floor to increase footfall.”
• “MCC agreed a new 25 year lease on the building in Manchester in 2024 and have agreed a 12 year extension to the grant funding from April 2025.”
• “During the year, we welcomed Jack Greenwell, Steph Houghton, Mary Phillip, Frank Soo, Rebecca Welch, and Ashley Cole, and since the year-end we have inducted Patricia Gregory, The Lionesses 2025, Emma Hayes, and Darren Harris.”
• “We opened our MARKERS exhibition in May 2024, engaging nine artists to create new commissions celebrating their football heroes.”
• “In December 2024 we applied to ACE to extend this funding period from three years to four, receiving confirmation of the extension in June 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.