THE B17 CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1079007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds to keep B17 flying fortress known as 'Sally B' airworthy for educational purposes. The area of operation is the United Kingdom and Europe.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PRESERVING, OPERATING AND EXHIBITING THE UNITED KINGDOM'S ONLY AIRWORTHY BOEING B17G FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER KNOWN AS SALLY B, AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER'S SERIAL NUMBER 44-85784

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.

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Latest income

£146k

Latest spending

£98k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £394,769 at the end of the financial year, representing a surplus of £50,364 for the period. The trustees confirmed that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis and that no audit was required under the Charities Act 1993. The document does not disclose a specific reserves policy target against which to measure these holdings.

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.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/06/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ELLINOR SALLINGBOEchair
Matthew Wilkins
Peter Henricus Kuypers

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£146k	£98k
31/03/2024	£236k	£122k
31/03/2023	£83k	£59k
31/03/2022	£82k	£68k
31/03/2021	£131k	£142k

Common questions

Is THE B17 CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £394,769 at the end of the financial year, representing a surplus of £50,364 for the period. The trustees confirmed that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis and that no audit was required under the Charities Act 1993. The document does not disclose a specific reserves policy target against which to measure these holdings. Its FY2025 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
THE SIR PETER RIGBY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£170k
THE BRITTEN FOUNDATION	1	£39k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FLY HARRIER TRUST.

FLY HARRIER TRUST income £431k
THE AIR PILOTS TRUST income £284k
DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £314k
VULCAN RESTORATION TRUST income £217k
AIRFIELDS OF BRITAIN CONSERVATION TRUST income £242k
THE BRITISH AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND income £106k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE B17 CHARITABLE TRUST	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FLY HARRIER TRUST FY2025	£431k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AIR PILOTS TRUST FY2025	£284k	—	above	—	no doubt
DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£314k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VULCAN RESTORATION TRUST FY2024	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AIRFIELDS OF BRITAIN CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025	£242k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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