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SHUTTLEWORTH VETERAN AEROPLANE SOCIETY

Registered charity 800095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SVAS

The SVAS exists to advance the education of the public in the science, practice and history of aviation and automotive transport by providing financial support and voluntary labour to maintain in working order the assets of the Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Rememberance Trust.

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Latest income
£289k
Latest spending
£209k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds approximately two years of income in unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider appropriate given the liability of continuing membership benefits for over 700 life members and unpredictable acquisition needs. Per the trustees' report, the financial position is monitored regularly to ensure objectives are met, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during their examination.

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.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£834k
Total spending
£231k
Reserves (reported)
£2.3m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~117.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£289k£209k
31/03/2024£834k£231k
31/03/2023£228k£198k
31/03/2022£400k£201k
31/03/2021£555k£237k

Common questions

Is SHUTTLEWORTH VETERAN AEROPLANE SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds approximately two years of income in unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider appropriate given the liability of continuing membership benefits for over 700 life members and unpredictable acquisition needs. Per the trustees' report, the financial position is monitored regularly to ensure objectives are met, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during their examination. Its FY2025 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SIR PETER RIGBY CHARITABLE TRUST1£170k
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBRANCE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHUTTLEWORTH VETERAN AEROPLANE SOCIETY£289k—0within—no doubt
THE RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBRANCE TRUST FY2025£6.8m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
THE SOLWAY AVIATION SOCIETY LIMITED FY2024£223k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY FY2025£6.3m—0unclear—no doubt
SHREE VISHWAKARMA ASSOCIATION OF UNITED KINGDOM FY2024£104k—0below—no doubt
FLY HARRIER TRUST FY2025£431k—0unclear—no doubt

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