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.

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Latest income

£151k

Latest spending

£102k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the museum continues to be financially viable with unrestricted reserves of £1,303,435 and a net surplus of £49,500 for the year. The trustees report that visitor numbers and income from admissions have increased, while administrative costs remain at a satisfactory level. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed in the filing.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titlesin 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
Edward Hawkes
Julian Anthony Richardson
RICHARD WINDROW

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£151k	£102k
31/12/2023	£130k	£80k
31/12/2022	£139k	£76k
31/12/2021	£133k	£29k
31/12/2020	£86k	£41k

Common questions

Is KENT BATTLE OF BRITAIN MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the museum continues to be financially viable with unrestricted reserves of £1,303,435 and a net surplus of £49,500 for the year. The trustees report that visitor numbers and income from admissions have increased, while administrative costs remain at a satisfactory level. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed in the filing. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ARMY AIR CORPS CHARITY	1	£44k
THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS CHARITY	1	£9k
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	1	£468

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 £1.3m
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
GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM income £222k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KENT BATTLE OF BRITAIN MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED	£151k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FARNBOROUGH AIR SCIENCES TRUST FY2025	£126k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KING'S OWN ROYAL BORDER REGIMENT MUSEUM FUND FY2025	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AVIATION MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025	£184k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial FY2025	£1.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.