BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1034671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LIMITED, JET HERITAGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The Bournemouth Aviation Museum is now situated opposite the airport in the grounds of Adventure Wonderland .The museum is open every day during the summer 10am till 5pm and at weekends in the winter from 10am until 4pm. The museum will only be closed during this time due to adverse weather or shortage of volunteers. We always need more volunteers to keep the museum open.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE JET HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE RESTORATION PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF HISTORIC JET AIRCRAFT

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£194k

Latest spending

£164k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document contains no textual content, financial figures, or narrative statements; therefore, no assessment of financial health can be derived from the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Investment
Risk management
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

CLIVE EDWARD WHYBROW
DAVID FRENCH-WAY
HILARY BASNETT
Jean Mary Loader
PAUL NESBITT

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£194k	£164k
30/11/2024	£168k	£164k
30/11/2023	£136k	£138k
30/11/2022	£129k	£104k
30/11/2021	£108k	£82k

Common questions

Is BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document contains no textual content, financial figures, or narrative statements; therefore, no assessment of financial health can be derived from the filing.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	2	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED.

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED income £184k
THE FARNBOROUGH AIR SCIENCES TRUST income £126k
BOTTISHAM AIRFIELD MUSEUM income £144k
GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM income £222k
DUXFORD AVIATION SOCIETY income £233k
CITY OF NORWICH AVIATION MUSEUM income £236k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£194k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025	£184k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FARNBOROUGH AIR SCIENCES TRUST FY2025	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOTTISHAM AIRFIELD MUSEUM FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM FY2025	£222k	—	above	—	no doubt
DUXFORD AVIATION SOCIETY FY2024	£233k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.