RCC PILOTAGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1109561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The writing, revision, and publication of pilotage books, some of which are not commercially viable; the provision of free navigational information on the charity's website. All its activities are for the purpose of advancing the education of the public in the science and practice of navigation.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF NAVIGATION.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Horsham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £644,534, which is above the stated policy target of £200,000. The charity reported a net operating gain of £32,286 and total income of £103,977 for the year ended 30 September 2025.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony Edmond Wells · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr George William Aylward
• Janet Howard Spinlove
• Paul Michael Alexander BRYANS
• Roger Bickerstaff
• belinda vernon · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

• ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS income £1.9m
• ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY income £6.3m
• The Schools' Aerospace Careers Programme income £42k
• AVIATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION LIMITED income £34k
• ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION income £705k
• AVIATION ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £235k

Side by side with its peers

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