AYRE TO AIR

Registered charity 1174164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Ayre to Air organisation operates a Pitts S2 aerobatic aircraft, named the Spirit of Ayre, that was bequeathed by the family of the late Sgt Anthony Ayre such that Service Personnel and qualifying civilians may be afforded an opportunity to experience aerobatic flight at minimum personal cost. The organisation is supported by volunteer members of the RAF Sport Aircraft (non-profit CIO)

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENCY IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE EFFICIENCY AND WELL BEING OF SERVICE PERSONNEL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Kesteven, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 23/02/2025, 23 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 19/05/2024, 109 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Air Commodore ALISTAIR JAMES SEYMOURchair
• Squadron Leader CHRISTOPHER MARTIN HIVES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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