THE FARNBOROUGH AIR SCIENCES TRUST

Registered charity 1040199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FARNBOROUGH AIR SCIENCES TRUST

Please see attached report. Main activities remain: Safeguarding Farnborough's unique aviation heritage. Displaying and archiving a world-class artifact, photo, film, report collection. Conserving historic buildings and large aviation exhibits. Running a museum. Providing facilities and inspiration for future generations.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A PUBLIC AIR AND SPACE SCIENCES CENTRE AT THE MAIN FACTORY SITE, FARNBOROUGH AERODROME, FARNBOROUGH IN THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE AND TO PRESERVE CERTAIN HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND APPARATUS THEREON AND DOCUMENTS, FILM, ARTEFACTS AND OTHER ITEMS CONNECTED THEREWITH SO AS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENTS OF AVIATION AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS AND ITS CONTINUING EVOLUTION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust’s financial position remains sound and it operates on an entirely volunteer basis. The Chairman's report notes that visitor numbers held up well at around 12,000 for the year and that the Trust has secured a 30-year lease extension for its museum building.

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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES ANDREW LLOYDchair
• BRIAN FREDERICK LUFF
• DAVID WILSON
• LAURENCE DAVID PESKETT
• Michael John Hordley
• Peter Buckroyd
• RICHARD ERIC GARDNER
• Sir Donald Spiers
• Susan Linda Adcock

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HERITAGE AIRCRAFT TRUST.

• THE HERITAGE AIRCRAFT TRUST income £251k
• FLY HARRIER TRUST income £431k
• VULCAN RESTORATION TRUST income £217k
• NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED income £184k
• BRISTOL AERO COLLECTION TRUST income £2.5m
• GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM income £222k

Side by side with its peers

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