Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE FARNBOROUGH AIR SCIENCES TRUST

Please see attached report. Main activities remain: Safeguarding Farnborough's unique aviation heritage. Displaying and archiving a world-class artifact, photo, film, report collection. Conserving historic buildings and large aviation exhibits. Running a museum. Providing facilities and inspiration for future generations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly 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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23	*	£238	£174	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/22		£198	£170	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/21		£120	£75	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/20		£83	£105	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/19		£166	£106	£60	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/18		£140	£152	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/17		£76	£81	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/16		£93	£97	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/15		£87	£122	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/14		£143	£91	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/13		£167	£57	£110	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/12		£62	£66	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/11		£90	£54	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/10	*	£64	£66	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/09		£62	£73	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/08		£170	£42	£128	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/07	*	£55	£50	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/06		£32	£23	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/05	*	£25	£32	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/07/04		£29	£38	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 30 years

www.airsciences.org.uk

manager@airsciences.org.uk

01252375050

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Hampshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
£89,547	03/05/2023	FAST Historic Film Archive

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Gender Split

BRIAN FREDERICK LUFF

DAVID WILSON Appointed: 2013

DR GRAHAM MARTIN ROOD

JAMES ANDREW LLOYD (Chair) Appointed: 2017

LAURENCE DAVID PESKETT

MR FINLEGH GORDON

MICHAEL JOHN HORDLEY Appointed: 2019

PETER BUCKROYD Appointed: 2016

RICHARD ERIC GARDNER

SIR DONALD SPIERS Appointed: 2015

SUSAN LINDA ADCOCK Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/08/1994, number: 1040199

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 25 days late, AR10: 51 days late, AR07: 20 days late, AR05: 29 days late,

Main office

Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
Trenchard House
85 Farnborough Road
FARNBOROUGH
GU14 6TF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A PUBLIC AIR AND SPACE SCIENCES CENTRE AT THE MAIN FACTORY SITE, FARNBOROUGH AERODROME, FARNBOROUGH IN THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE AND TO PRESERVE CERTAIN HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND APPARATUS THEREON AND DOCUMENTS, FILM, ARTEFACTS AND OTHER ITEMS CONNECTED THEREWITH SO AS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENTS OF AVIATION AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS AND ITS CONTINUING EVOLUTION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED