BENTWATERS AVIATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1124197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bentwaters Aviation Society was formed primarily to operate the Bentwaters Cold War Museum. The purpose of the Bentwaters Cold War Museum is to collect, preserve, display and provide for scholarship, material relating to the history of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge and aviation generally where a link with Bentwaters and Woodbridge is established, for the public benefit in perpetuity.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF RAF BENTWATERS AND RAF WOODBRIDGE, IN PARTICULAR BY NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 surplus of £7,657 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £44,293 and expenditure of £36,636. The trustees confirmed that the charity is a going concern with no uncertainties affecting its ability to continue. Closing total funds were reported at £47,869, exceeding the stated minimum cash reserve target of £6,000.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Alan Hayneschair
• ANDREW DOUGLAS HORREX
• Dennis Crowe
• ERROLL GODFREY FROST
• GRAHAM MICHAEL KENNETH WALDRAM-GILBERT
• JONATHAN DAVID SAUNDERS
• Julie Gabrielle Mayhew
• KAREN JENNIFER HAYNES
• Kevin James Ellis
• SARAH JANE BROWN
• Simon Gladas

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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