THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AIR DEFENCE RADAR MUSEUM

Registered charity 1200585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAF AIR DEFENCE RADAR MUSEUM

The Charity runs a museum open to general public during the Spring to Autumn season. The museum operates from freehold premises owned by the charity, the land and buildings formerly being part of RAF Neatishead, Norfolk. These authentic and atmospheric buildings include the Cold War Operations Room and over 20 other exhibit rooms telling the story of the development of radar,

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC OF THE HISTORY OF AIR DEFENCE BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED MEMORABILIA.

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 the charity reported a breakeven result for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £144,855 and total expenditure of £145,505. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, maintaining unrestricted reserves of £403,971. This reserve level is significantly above the stated policy target of £100,000.

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 6 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGELA WINIFRED JOHNSON
• Allan John Goody
• COLIN GRIFFITHS
• DAVID LOWRY
• Dr Harriet Hearn
• Ian Paul Davis
• Jane Elizabeth Crane · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas John Farmer

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED.

• NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED income £184k
• ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM income £18.9m
• CITY OF NORWICH AVIATION MUSEUM income £236k
• ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED income £1.1m
• Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial income £1.5m
• RAF MANSTON SPITFIRE & HURRICANE MEMORIAL MUSEUM income £152k

Side by side with its peers

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