HISTORIC CROYDON AIRPORT TRUST

Registered charity 1166732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educating on the history of London Croydon Airport from World War One until closure in 1959. Conservation of buildings and structures associated with the former airport. Operation of a micro-museum and archives of artefacts of associated people, organisations and items associated with London Croydon Airport and relating to Amy Johnson, Imperial Airways and key interwar aviation figures.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE;A) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE HISTORY OF LONDON CROYDON AIRPORT AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES,B) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND ARTEFACTS OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST RELATING TO LONDON CROYDON AIRPORT,

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 reserves stood at £94,297, which the trustees consider adequate to meet future outgoings and proposed projects. The charity reported a net expenditure exceeding income by £8,704 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from the previous year. Despite this deficit, the trustees concluded that the charity continues to be a going concern based on its current income streams and reserve strength.

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 3 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
• 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

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Alastair Thornchair
• Douglas Arthur John Hunter
• Edmund Rudder
• Jeremy John Ovenden
• John Duncan Whitley
• Lisa Jane Rose
• Robert William Tully

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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