GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM

Registered charity 1075858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For awareness of National Aviation History. Maintain & display historic aircraft & engines, classic aircraft & associated memorabilia & provide practical workshop on the development and progress of aviation.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC (IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN) IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND FOR AWARENESS OF NATIONAL AVIATION HISTORY. THIS IS TO BE ACHIEVED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKING AVIATION MUSEUM TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, MAINTAIN AND DISPLAY HISTORIC AND CLASSIC AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED MEMORABILIA TO THE PUBLIC AND TO PROVIDE A VENUE FOR LECTURES, SEMINARS AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS ON AVIATION HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND

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 reported a net incoming resource of £5,243 for the year ended 30 May 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £87,757. The trustees confirm that their reserves policy of maintaining three months of operating costs has proven to be sound. The filing confirms the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03701299

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• AITCHISON, Brian Buchanan — director, appointed 14/06/2022on trustee list
• RAMSDALE, Gary John — director, appointed 14/06/2022on trustee list
• ROACH, Milton — director, appointed 14/06/2022on trustee list
• SCRASE, Andrew Helge — director, appointed 28/06/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW HELGE SCRASE
• Brian Buchanan Aitchison
• Gary John Ramsdale
• Milton Roach

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST.

• GATWICK AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST income £250k
• THE SOLWAY AVIATION SOCIETY LIMITED income £115k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION COLLECTION income £130k
• THE HERITAGE AIRCRAFT TRUST income £251k
• DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £314k
• CITY OF NORWICH AVIATION MUSEUM income £236k

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