GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION COLLECTION

Registered charity 297818 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JET AGE MUSEUM

to preserve the aeronautical heritage of Gloucestershire for the benefit of the public and to exhibit to members of the public materials related to flying, the air and space industry and its associated technology by means of the establishment and maintenance of an aviation museum and other permanent and temporary exhibitions

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE AERONAUTICAL HERITAGE OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. B) TO EXHIBIT TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MATERIALS RELATED TO FLYING THE AIR AND SPACE INDUSTRY AND ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENAANCE OF AN AVIATION MUSEUM AND OTHER TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £912,870, which the trustees considered appropriate for the charity's size and risk profile. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, with running costs increasing by 59% to £107,888, though this was offset by increased donations and charitable activity income. The trustees noted emerging cost pressures and a widening gap between income and expenditure growth but confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue operating.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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 (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Campbell
• Christopher Godfrey
• Jonathan Walton
• Martin Renshaw
• Nigel Higgins
• Oliver Towers
• Peter Woolfrey

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOLWAY AVIATION SOCIETY LIMITED.

• THE SOLWAY AVIATION SOCIETY LIMITED income £115k
• GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM income £222k
• THE HERITAGE AIRCRAFT TRUST income £251k
• BRISTOL AERO COLLECTION TRUST income £2.5m
• THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION income £2.2m
• FLY HARRIER TRUST income £431k

Side by side with its peers

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