RAF STATION COLTISHALL HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1176736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raising funds to operate and develop the RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre. Opened on 23 June 2021 the Centre is in the former Main Guardroom on the site of the former RAF station. The facilities, open to the public and under the Trust's management, include exhibition rooms, a lecture and educational/meeting room and external reconnaissance cabins next to the building

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF RAF COLTISHALL AND ITS PLACE IN THE DEFENCE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGHOUT ITS OPERATIONAL LIFE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A HERITAGE CENTRE TO DISPLAY ARTEFACTS, DOCUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED MEDIA RELATING TO RAF COLTISHALL.2. TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income of £33,237 against expenditure of £23,577, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £18,177. The trustees confirm that the charity is wholly run by unpaid volunteers and holds no employees. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating compliance with accounting standards.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding 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 Royal Air Force Station Coltishall Heritage Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carl Lambchair
• CHRISTOPHER KEVIN MALONEY
• David Keith Holland
• Granville Richard Harmer
• IAN STANNETT
• JOHN STUART WELTON MBE GCGI
• PAUL DENNIS SWEETMAN
• PAUL HENDLEY

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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