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AIR LEAGUE TRUST

Registered charity 1129969 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIR LEAGUE EDUCATIONAL TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC052408 (OSCR)

To promote aeronautical education of the young and, through counselling and the award of scholarships and bursaries, to encourage students to follow careers in aviation and the aerospace industry. In pursuance of these objectives the Trustees & Chief Executive Office seeks to encourage support through relevant journals, magazines, the Air League's own website and fund raising events and donations.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£360k
Latest spending
£599k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased slightly to £1,284,666, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £421,140. The charity reported a net income of £9,421 against total expenditure of £605,661, supported by an investment gain of £50,567. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and noted that the value of unrestricted funds meets their operational objectives.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

AIR LEAGUE ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • No audit required

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Air League (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.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£565k
Total spending
£606k
Cost of raising funds
£188k
Reserves (reported)
£421k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 33.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£360k£599k
31/12/2023£565k£606k
31/12/2022£597k£702k
31/12/2021£152k£447k
31/12/2020£417k£361k

Common questions

Is AIR LEAGUE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased slightly to £1,284,666, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £421,140. The charity reported a net income of £9,421 against total expenditure of £605,661, supported by an investment gain of £50,567. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and noted that the value of unrestricted funds meets their operational objectives. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AIR LEAGUE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AIR LEAGUE TRUST as a grant recipient include MILLENNIUM POINT TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MILLENNIUM POINT TRUSTFY2023£20k
MILLENNIUM POINT TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£18k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£18k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£15k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SIR PETER RIGBY CHARITABLE TRUST1£170k
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST1£100k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST1£75k
SSP FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AIR PILOTS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AIR LEAGUE TRUST£360k——unclear—no doubt
THE AIR PILOTS TRUST FY2025£284k—0above—no doubt
Air Cadet Charity CIO FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
FLY HARRIER TRUST FY2025£431k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY FY2025£6.3m—0unclear—no doubt
AVIATION ENVIRONMENT TRUST FY2025£235k—0no_policy—no doubt

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