THE RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBRANCE TRUST

Registered charity 307534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBRANCE TRUST, THE SHUTTLEWORTH TRUST - THE SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION - SHUTTLEWORTH COLLEGE

Promotion of education and training in the science, practice and history of aviation and automotive transportandPromotion of education and training in the science and practice of agriculture, food production and management of rural resources by making arrangements for the provision and conduct of a college.

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Latest income

£6.8m

Latest spending

£6.5m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust generated a net income of £372,000 for the year ended 31 October 2025, an increase from the previous year's £121,000. The Trust holds significant unrestricted free reserves of £3,413,000, which are retained for day-to-day operational activities, and the Trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 2” — page 46

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Investment income (39% of income)

“Investment income 39% (2024 - 41%)” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: minimum of £1.4m of funds to be retained within its stocks and shares as liquid assets (held: £3.4m)

“The Trust has identified a minimum of £1.4m of funds to be retained within its stocks and shares as liquid assets to call upon as a strategic reserve.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Old Warden Limited

“The following was a subsidiary undertaking of the Trust: Name Company number Holding Included in consolidation Old Warden Limited 06366021 100% Yes”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Tim Routsis — Chair of the Board (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income

£6.8m

Total spending

£6.5m

Cost of raising funds

£2.8m

Reserves (reported)

£3.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (39% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 41.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD SHUTTLEWORTH TRUSTEES

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£6.8m	£6.5m
31/10/2024	£6.1m	£6.0m
31/10/2023	£5.3m	£5.2m
31/10/2022	£5.9m	£6.0m
31/10/2021	£5.4m	£4.8m

Common questions

Is THE RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBRANCE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust generated a net income of £372,000 for the year ended 31 October 2025, an increase from the previous year's £121,000. The Trust holds significant unrestricted free reserves of £3,413,000, which are retained for day-to-day operational activities, and the Trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBRANCE TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	29/01/2021	£2k	Swiss Grotto Garden
UK government	29/01/2021	£5k	Swiss Grotto Garden
UK government	14/10/2020	£626k	CRF20 Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	10/08/2020	£118k	"COVID19 Shuttleworth Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/02/2019	£91k	"The Shuttleworth Trust - filling the hole in the sum of its parts"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/03/2011	£3.1m	"Unveiling a Secret Garden"

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
SHUTTLEWORTH VETERAN AEROPLANE SOCIETY	1	£857k
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE TRUST, OXFORD	1	£204k
THE AURORA TRUST	1	£144k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION	1	£60k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST	1	£40k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£29k
THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP	1	£9k
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RICHARD SHUTTLEWORTH TRUSTEES.

RICHARD SHUTTLEWORTH TRUSTEES income £6.8m
SHUTTLEWORTH VETERAN AEROPLANE SOCIETY income £289k
THE AIR PILOTS TRUST income £284k
SEALE-HAYNE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £114k
THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITED income £885k
THE THAMES VALLEY AND GREAT WESTERN OMNIBUS TRUST income £171k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBRANCE TRUST	£6.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	above	—	no doubt
RICHARD SHUTTLEWORTH TRUSTEES FY2025	£6.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	above	—	no doubt
SHUTTLEWORTH VETERAN AEROPLANE SOCIETY FY2025	£289k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE AIR PILOTS TRUST FY2025	£284k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SEALE-HAYNE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FARMINGTON TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£885k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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