TANGMERE MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 299327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TANGMERE MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM TRUST

Operates a museum for the benefit of the general public and provides educational and research facilities

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE CONSTRUCTION AND PROVISION OF A MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AIRCRAFT AND AERONAUTICAL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO AVIATION AND AVIATION HISTORY.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£479k
Latest spending
£438k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted general reserves of £1,596,011, which the trustees consider meets their policy of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £201,974 for the year, driven by significant gains on investments, and maintains a strong financial position while transitioning away from reliance on investment income for daily running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months expenditure (reserves figure: £1.6m)
“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific purpose should be maintained at a minimum level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations by trustee
“Donations in respect of Friends Membership subscriptions totaling £70 (2024: £117) were made by 1 trustee in the year (2024: 3).” — page 28
“At the year end an amount of £26,662 (2024: £32,514) was due from the subsidiary.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amount due from subsidiary
“Donations in respect of Friends Membership subscriptions totaling £70 (2024: £117) were made by 1 trustee in the year (2024: 3).” — page 28
“At the year end an amount of £26,662 (2024: £32,514) was due from the subsidiary.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore (South) LLP. 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 140
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 120
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 150
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 21/02/2024, 113 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£479k£438k
31/12/2024£478k£361k
31/12/2023£406k£330k
31/12/2022£340k£274k
31/12/2021£293k£158k

Common questions

Is TANGMERE MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted general reserves of £1,596,011, which the trustees consider meets their policy of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £201,974 for the year, driven by significant gains on investments, and maintains a strong financial position while transitioning away from reliance on investment income for daily running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore (South) LLP.

Who funds TANGMERE MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TANGMERE MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kCharitable Donation

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/02/2007£7k"This Project Is To Provide Onsite Facilities For Training And Education For Museum Staff And Local School Children Visiting The Museum."
The National Lottery Community Fund20/02/2007£7kEducation Equipment for new Multi-function Classroom

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AVIATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TANGMERE MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED£479k—0above—no doubt
AVIATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED FY2026£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE TANK MUSEUM LIMITED FY2025£10.8m——unclear—no doubt
GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM FY2025£222k—0above—no doubt
COMBINED MILITARY SERVICES MUSEUM FY2025£81kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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