AEROBILITY

Registered charity 1149629 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and provide education, recreation and leisure time activities for disabled persons in particular by providing opportunities in aviation with the object of improving the conditions of life.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £181,920 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £823,016. Free reserves stood at £445,625, which the trustees confirmed were sufficient to continue operations as a going concern. The charity exceeded its audit threshold and appointed Blue Spire Limited as its independent auditor.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aerobility (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bristow — “we are delighted to become a principal sponsor alongside 2Excel Aviation, NATS, Breitling and London Biggin Hill Airport.” (source page)
• 2Excel Aviation — “we are delighted to become a principal sponsor alongside 2Excel Aviation, NATS, Breitling and London Biggin Hill Airport.” (source page)
• NATS — “we are delighted to become a principal sponsor alongside 2Excel Aviation, NATS, Breitling and London Biggin Hill Airport.” (source page)
• Breitling — “we are delighted to become a principal sponsor alongside 2Excel Aviation, NATS, Breitling and London Biggin Hill Airport.” (source page)
• London Biggin Hill Airport — “we are delighted to become a principal sponsor alongside 2Excel Aviation, NATS, Breitling and London Biggin Hill Airport.” (source page)
• Mark Long Trust — “Mark Long Trust supports the last JACs of the year” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 36.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil John Tuckerchair
• Allister Huw Bridger
• Benjamin Chad Griffiths · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christian Fahey
• Fleur Cox
• Iain Walter McNicoll
• Jameson Robert Mark Smith
• Paul Winstanley
• Simon Morgan Warr
• YVONNE ELLIOTT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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