FLY2HELP

Registered charity 1119846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

fly2help inspires change in people?s lives through the wonder of flight. Our Air Smiles Days promote the emotional wellbeing of people living with life trauma through a bespoke and tailored experience day. Our Aim High educational programme encourages young people into the aviation industry.

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Latest income

£65k

Latest spending

£75k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that fly2help reported a net expenditure of £10,235 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £85,078 to £74,843. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £68,843, which the trustees consider sufficient to operate without income for at least six months. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months (held: £69k)

“fly2help maintains sufficient unrestricted reserves to operate the charity without income for at least six months.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05801407 · Financial health read from its filings

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.12.25)

Average employees: 1

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — fly2help (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.

HILDITCH, Margaret Cusick — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
HILDITCH, Stanley Laurence — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
KNIGHT, Joanna — director, appointed 07/10/2024on trustee list
KNIGHT, Mark — director, appointed 07/10/2024on trustee list
MAKINSON, Nicholas John — secretary, appointed 15/02/2010

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Aled Michael Griffiths
Damunpal Kullar
Joanna Knight
Margaret Hilditch
Mark Knight
Stanley Laurence Hilditch

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£65k	£75k
31/12/2023	£118k	£126k
31/12/2022	£91k	£152k
31/12/2021	£94k	£106k
31/12/2020	£176k	£121k

Common questions

Is FLY2HELP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that fly2help reported a net expenditure of £10,235 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £85,078 to £74,843. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £68,843, which the trustees consider sufficient to operate without income for at least six months. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FLY2HELP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FLY2HELP as a grant recipient include COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k	Children and young people