THE SOLWAY AVIATION SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 1034715 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOLWAY AVIATION MUSEUM, SOLWAY AVIATION SOCIETY

To preserve for the General Public an aviation museum providing information, education and preservation of our historic collection of British Jet Aircraft and the aviation heritage from Cumbria and the surrounding area.

Objects

A.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF AVIATION AND RELATED MATTERS.B.TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AN AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM.C.TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF MILITARY OR OTHER AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT AND ITEMS OF GENERAL AERONAUTICAL INTEREST OR OF HISTORIC OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST OR IMPORTANCE.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE THE COUNTIES OF CUMBRIA AND DUMFRIES AND GALLOWA

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £677 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total funds from £138,525 to £137,848. Unrestricted funds remain robust at £106,874, while restricted funds decreased to £30,974. The charity holds tangible and heritage assets valued at £85,357 and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Solway Aviation Museum (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DOUGLAS KERRchair
• DAVID KIRKPATRICK
• Douglas Gordon Beresford
• Henry John Hill
• Mark Moore
• Richard William Davison
• Robert David Bratton
• Stephen John Cawley

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED.

• DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £314k
• THE HERITAGE AIRCRAFT TRUST income £251k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION COLLECTION income £130k
• GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM income £222k
• AIRFIELDS OF BRITAIN CONSERVATION TRUST income £242k
• FLY HARRIER TRUST income £431k

Side by side with its peers

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