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.

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Latest income

£223k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £79,592 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets increasing to £138,525 from £58,933 in the prior year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £98,547 and restricted funds of £39,978, with no stated reserves policy target provided for comparison. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the financial statements or accounting records.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£223k	£144k
31/12/2023	£83k	£76k
31/12/2022	£61k	£53k
31/12/2021	£103k	£98k
31/12/2020	£71k	£32k

Common questions

Is THE SOLWAY AVIATION SOCIETY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £79,592 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total net assets increasing to £138,525 from £58,933 in the prior year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £98,547 and restricted funds of £39,978, with no stated reserves policy target provided for comparison. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the financial statements or accounting records. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
ARMY AIR CORPS CHARITY	1	£44k
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	1	£468

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

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SOLWAY AVIATION SOCIETY LIMITED	£223k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£314k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HERITAGE AIRCRAFT TRUST FY2024	£251k	—	above	—	no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION COLLECTION FY2025	£130k	—	above	—	no doubt
GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM FY2025	£222k	—	above	—	no doubt
AIRFIELDS OF BRITAIN CONSERVATION TRUST FY2024	£242k	—	above	—	no doubt

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