The Helicopter Museum
Registered charity 281053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRITISH ROTORCRAFT MUSEUM AND AVON AIR COLLECTION LTD
Preservation and conservation of Historial Rotorcraft.
Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £78,468 for the year, with total unrestricted funds standing at £1,186,801. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold three months of normal activities, and the current unrestricted funds significantly exceed this target. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention, and the directors consider the state of affairs to be satisfactory.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months normal activities (held: £1.2m)
“The policy of the trustees is to maintain unrestricted funds at a level to meet three months normal activities.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Heliworld Limited
“One Ordinary Share in Heliworld Limited” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
- Captain Peter Turner · trustee of 1 other charity
- Clive John Elks
- Dr Alisdair Edward James Wood EngD/CEng
- GEOFFREY WILLIAM DORE
- Philip Henry Chalmers Winterton
- Robert David Adams
- STEVEN RICHARD WHITTAKER
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: North Somerset
Income and spending
Common questions
Is The Helicopter Museum financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £78,468 for the year, with total unrestricted funds standing at £1,186,801. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold three months of normal activities, and the current unrestricted funds significantly exceed this target. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention, and the directors consider the state of affairs to be satisfactory. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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