The Royal Aero Club Trust

Registered charity 1068451 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

Guy Edwards OBE since 2024
Richard John Dilworth MVO

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 6Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 12Arts and leisure 3Business services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£7k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The National Byway Trust 1 shared trustee
Norman Foster Foundation (UK) 1 shared trustee
The Military Wives Choirs Foundation 1 shared trustee
COR Meibion DE Cymru - the South Wales Male Choir 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Cranbrook Windmill Association Similar size; both Environment
The Alcester U3A Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.royalaeroclubtrust.org
Email	secretary@royalaeroclubtrust.org
Phone	02088831857
Address	8 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, LE19 1RJ

Finances

£6,787 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£6,706	£4,986
2021	£2,468	£15,636
2022	£6,300	£12,552
2023	£12,754	£15,467
2024	£6,787	£17,720

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF AVIATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS RELATING TO FLYING AND THE HISTORY OF FLYING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE;II) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL BY PARTICIPATION IN AVIATION RELATED ACTIVITIES; ANDIII) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO AIR SPORT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/04/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/02/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/06/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/11/2009

Trustees (7)

7trustees

61median age

1aged 70+

Derek James Lamb C.Eng Miet since 2024
Elizabeth Alexandra Crockerage band 40-44 since 2023
Guy Edwards OBEage band 65-69 since 2024
James Thomas Hughes MA BAage band 70-74 since 2023
MR Dick Poole BSC, Ceng, Mraes
Richard John Dilworth MVOage band 55-59
SIR David Hempleman-Adams KVO

Linked company (Companies House)

The Royal Aero Club Trust · 03346344 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/04/1997

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

Norman Foster Foundation (UK) 1 shared trustee
The National Byway Trust 1 shared trustee
The Military Wives Choirs Foundation 1 shared trustee
COR Meibion DE Cymru - the South Wales Male Choir 1 shared trustee

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