The Schools' Aerospace Careers Programme

Registered charity 1190721 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SANDY GUNN AEROSPACE CAREERS PROGRAMME

For the pubic benefit, advancing the education of young people by promoting, sustaining and increasing their individual and collective knowledge and understanding of engineering, aviation and related sciences via the medium of aerospace and inspiring them to pursue engineering and aviation related careers.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROMOTING, SUSTAINING AND INCREASING THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ENGINEERING, AVIATION AND RELATED SCIENCES VIA THE MEDIUM OF AEROSPACE AND INSPIRING THEM TO PURSUE ENGINEERING AND AVIATION RELATED CAREERS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £120,964 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,046,620. The accounts state that there are no funds in deficit and no funds held on behalf of others. The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for ensuring accounting records comply with the Companies Act 2006.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 handling
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~234.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Michael Smithchair
• Adrian Jones
• Christopher Smith BA
• Gillian Elizabeth Marshall
• Rikke Svane Kraul-Jensen Carmichael

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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