BOSCOMBE DOWN AVIATION COLLECTION LIMITED

Registered charity 1142599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BOSCOMBE DOWN AVIATION COLLECTION

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited is a heritage aviation museum.

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Latest income

£213k

Latest spending

£196k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £362,264 at 31 May 2025, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet charitable objectives and cover one month's outgoings of £16,300. The charity reported a net income surplus of £17,382 for the year, with total income of £212,948 against expenditure of £195,566. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one-month’s outgoings (held: £362k)

“The Trustees require unrestricted reserve funds to be at least sufficient to cover one-month’s outgoings, estimated at £16,300 as of 31 May 2025.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Ltd. (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

John Sharpechair
Christopher Gordon Hodson CEng FRAeS
David Geoffrey Berryman · trustee of 1 other charity
Jeffrey Hill
PHILLIP RICHARD MOGG
RONALD FULTON CENG FRAES

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£213k	£196k
31/05/2024	£217k	£215k
31/05/2023	£195k	£195k
31/05/2022	£186k	£161k
31/05/2021	£176k	£123k

Common questions

Is BOSCOMBE DOWN AVIATION COLLECTION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £362,264 at 31 May 2025, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet charitable objectives and cover one month's outgoings of £16,300. The charity reported a net income surplus of £17,382 for the year, with total income of £212,948 against expenditure of £195,566. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/03/2014	£4k	"Boscombe Down Aviation Collection WWI commemoration exhibition"