RAF MANSTON SPITFIRE & HURRICANE MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Registered charity 1159597 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPITFIRE MUSEUM

The RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum houses two aircraft which are preserved for the education and engagement of the general public.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY MAINTAINING A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF WORLD WAR AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED ARTEFACTS AND MEMORABILIA AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

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 unrestricted funds increased to £889,405, up from £866,447 in the previous year, driven by a net income of £22,958. The trustees' report notes that reserves policy aims for a minimum of £25,000 to cover emergency requirements, a target well exceeded by current holdings. The charity remains in a stable financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum CIO (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul L Quailechair
• Dennis Jackson
• Diane Cooke
• Howard Wilton
• Nigel Waters
• Richard Bateman

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANSTON HISTORY MUSEUM.

• MANSTON HISTORY MUSEUM income £189k
• ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM income £18.9m
• HAWKER TYPHOON PRESERVATION GROUP income £130k
• THE PEOPLE'S MOSQUITO LIMITED income £350k
• LINCOLNSHIRE BOMBER COMMAND MEMORIAL income £1.7m
• Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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