THE HERITAGE AIRCRAFT TRUST

Registered charity 1134981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GNAT AND OTHER HISTORIC AIRCRAFT AS HSTORIC AIRCRAFT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO DEMONSTRATE AND DISPLAY SUCH AIRCRAFT AT PUBLIC EVENTS AND TO CONSERVE THEM AS HERITAGE ASSETS;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GNAT AND OTHER HISTORIC AIRCRAFT.

Objects

5.1. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GNAT AND OTHER HISTORIC AIRCRAFT AS HISTORIC AIRCRAFT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO DEMONSTRATE AND DISPLAY SUCH AIRCRAFT AT PUBLICEVENTS AND TO CONSERVE THEM AS HERITAGE ASSETS;5.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GNAT AND OTHER HISTORIC AIRCRAFT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £837,398, with a net income of £44,572 for the year. The trustees confirm that reserves policy has been maintained to meet annual expenditure. The charity holds significant heritage assets valued at £725,169, which include an unrealised revaluation gain of £143,989 not available for expenditure.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 14/03/2022, 42 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Gnat Display Team (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARK FITZGERALDchair
• EDWIN ALPHONS TITUS MARIA BRENNINKMEYER
• OLIVER WHEELDON
• STEPHEN PARTRIDGE-HICKS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• AVIATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION LIMITED income £34k
• AEROPARK HERITAGE AIRCRAFT COLLECTION income £312k
• FLY HARRIER TRUST income £431k
• THE AIR CHARITIES TRUST income £37k
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION COLLECTION income £130k
• HORNCHURCH AERODROME HISTORICAL TRUST income £25k

Side by side with its peers

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