BOTTISHAM AIRFIELD MUSEUM

Registered charity 1159036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bottisham Airfield Museum is dedicated to creating a permanent memorial to the brave men and women who served at Bottisham during WW2. We are creating a museum that tells their story as well as an archive that allows learners of all ages to research the subject further.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM AND ARCHIVE TO BE KNOWN AS THE BOTTISHAM AIRFIELD MUSEUM AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:A) TO COLLECT, RESTORE, CONSERVE AND DISPLAY ITEMS RELEVANT TO THE HISTORY OF BOTTISHAM AIRFIELD, INCLUDING MATERIAL RELATING TO THE HOME FRONT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES;B)TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A REFERENCE ARCHIVE FACILITY AND TO ACQUIRE MATERIALS FOR THIS PURPOSE;C) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ROLE OF THE AIRFIELD, THE UNITS THAT SERVED THERE, AND THE ROLE THE LOCAL VILLAGES PLAYED IN THE WAR EFFORT;D) TO RECORD THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) AND UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE (USAAF) WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THEIR CONNECTION WITH BOTTISHAM AIRFIELD; ANDE) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH INTO BOTTISHAM AIRFIELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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 total revenues increased by 7% to £144.3k, driven by growth in shop and café sales, while operational expenditure rose by 11% to £76.1k. The charity reports an improved cash position with a bank balance of £112.2k and maintains reserves policy to cover six months of base fixed costs.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JASON CHARLES WEBBchair
• Oliver John Camp
• Philip Smallshaw
• Stephen Dartford

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial.

• Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial income £1.5m
• ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED income £1.1m
• RAF MANSTON SPITFIRE & HURRICANE MEMORIAL MUSEUM income £152k
• NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED income £184k
• BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £194k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AIR DEFENCE RADAR MUSEUM income £145k

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