THE GLIDING HERITAGE CENTRE

Registered charity 1148972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GHC

The aim is to educate the public about the heritage of gliding in the UK through the development and operation of a heritage centre. The main activities are to display vintage gliders and give presentations to the members of the public.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF GLIDING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVSION OF A HERITAGE CENTRE AND THE PRESERVATION OF HSITORICAL GLIDERS, ARTEFACTS AND RECORDS WHICH CAN BE DSIPLAYED.

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 is in a sound financial state with total net assets of £599,398. The unrestricted fund balance is £116,434, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of greater than £50,000. The charity operates with no paid employees and relies on volunteer contributions.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07992376

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.

• GARNETT, Graham Edward — director, appointed 11/09/2022on trustee list
• BEN-DAVID, Julian Paul — director, appointed 15/03/2012on trustee list
• BRADNEY, Francis Glyn — director, appointed 15/03/2012on trustee list
• NEWBERY, Anthony Robert, Dr — director, appointed 15/03/2012on trustee list
• PULLEN, Gary David — director, appointed 15/03/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR ANTHONY ROBERT NEWBERYchair
• GARY DAVID PULLEN
• GLYN BRADNEY
• Graham Edward Garnett
• JULIAN PAUL BEN-DAVID

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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