KENT BATTLE OF BRITAIN MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 285738 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A MUSEUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT CONTAINS AIRCRAFT, RELICS AND MEMORABILIA FROM THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN PERIOD OF 1940 DURING WORLD WAR 11.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING A MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION AND PRESERVATION OF AIRCRAFT AND AERONAUTICAL EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL AND TECHNICAL INTEREST PARTICULARLY FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 surplus of £85,960 for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £1,389,395. The Trustees consider the charity's financial situation satisfactory and confirm it is financially viable. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kent Battle of Britain Museum Trust Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/06/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ANDREW BROCKLEHURSTchair
• Derek Thomas Sutton
• Julian Anthony Richardson
• RICHARD WINDROW

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED.

• ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED income £1.1m
• THE FARNBOROUGH AIR SCIENCES TRUST income £126k
• KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND income £218k
• NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED income £184k
• 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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