Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 9

No PartB

All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE BRITISH ROTORCRAFT MUSEUM AND AVON AIR COLLECTION LTD

Preservation and conservation of Historial Rotorcraft.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£342	£288	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
31/03/22		£335	£211	£124	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/21	*	£222	£163	£59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/20		£221	£178	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/19		£230	£205	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/18	*	£266	£207	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£235	£196	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£208	£178	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£214	£200	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£214	£204	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£210	£168	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£251	£176	£74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£225	£218	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£180	£172	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£353	£260	£93	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£192	£197	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?	*	£142	£107	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£141	£82	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£80	£78	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 44 years

www.helicoptermuseum.co.uk

helimuseum@btconnect.com

01934635227

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

North Somerset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Heritage Fund	£33,000
The Foyle Foundation	£20,000
DCMS	£15,900

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000	08/07/2021	towards work to the Intro Exhibition and Learning Space
DCMS - CRF21 The British Rotorcraft Museum & Avon Air Collection
£15,900	08/03/2021	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The British Rotorcraft Museum and Avon Air Collection
£33,000	22/07/2020	COVID 19: The Helicopter Museum

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 56-80

CAPTAIN ELFAN DYFED AP REES

ALAN NORRIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Engineer

CLIVE JOHN ELKS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

DR ALISDAIR EDWARD JAMES WOOD ENGD/CENG Appointed: 2022

PHILIP HENRY CHALMERS WINTERTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

ROBERT DAVID ADAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Quality Defence

GEOFFREY WILLIAM DORE Appointed: 1999, Occupation: Managing Director

CAPTAIN PETER TURNER, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: DISABLED SAILING ASSOCIATION LTD,

STEVEN RICHARD WHITTAKER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION SOUTH SOMERSET AND WEST DORSET BRANCH,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/1980, number: 281053
Registered at Companies House on 16/09/1980, number: 01517593

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR21: 266 days late, AR18: 140 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 9 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR05: 0 days late, AR04: 24 days late,

Main office

WESTON HELIPORT
LOCKING MOOR ROAD
WESTON-SUPER-MARE
SOMERSET
BS24 8PP

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND DEMONSTRATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AIRCRAFT AND AERONAUTICAL EQUIPMENT OF HISTORICAL OR TECHNICAL INTEREST AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AVIATION GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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