NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED
Registered charity 281804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Museum has been run by volunteers since 1972 and owns its 11-acre site. There is an admission charge and 22,000 visitors pa view 60 aircraft plus over 45,000 aviation artefacts. Aviation history in the eastern counties predominates in the collection. School, Scout and other social groups are welcomed throughout the year and members visit local residential care homes.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £46,893 for the year, driven largely by a legacy receipt. Free reserves stood at £262,716, which is above the trustees' stated minimum strategic reserve target of £84,500, indicating adequate short-term cash flow headroom.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £84,500 (held: £263k)
“The trustees have set the minimum value of the funds to be included as a strategic reserve at £84,500.” — page 5
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
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alan Irvine
- Brian Johnson
- Clive Andrew MacDonald Chapman
- Ivor Day
- John Leslie Self
- Lester Alec Curtis
- Martin Jeffrey Hopkinson
- PAMELA VEALE
- Paul Ashton Hunt
- STEPHEN PETER BELL
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £46,893 for the year, driven largely by a legacy receipt. Free reserves stood at £262,716, which is above the trustees' stated minimum strategic reserve target of £84,500, indicating adequate short-term cash flow headroom. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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