Registered charity · Yeovil
FLY Navy Heritage Trust Limited
FLY Navy Heritage Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 1117272) based in Yeovil, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £2.5m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 10 trustees
- Income £2.5m (2024)
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Who leads it
- Bill CovingtonTrustee
- Michael John Francis StrongTrustee · since 2013
- Nathan ColbernTrustee · since 2025
- Nigel ColmanTrustee · since 2023
- Nigel Robert SmithTrustee · since 2017
- Rear Admiral Andrew BettonTrustee · since 2025
- Rear Admiral IAN Peter Gordon Tibbitt CBETrustee
- Rear Admiral Thomas Anthony CunninghamTrustee · since 2015
- Rear Anthony RimmingtonTrustee · since 2024
- Timothy John MannaTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.navywings.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- FLY Navy Heritage Trust Limited
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£2.5m£2.8m
- 2023£2.7m£2.4m
- 2022£3.1m£2.6m
Earlier years
- 2021£8.5m£2.1m
- 2020£742k£883k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1.1) TO EDUCATE THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND EXPLOITS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM AND THE HISTORY OF ROYAL NAVAL AVIATION GENERALLY.3.1.2) TO PROVIDE A MEMORIAL AND TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FLOWN, MAINTAINED OR CONTRIBUTED IN ANY WAY TO THE OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT IN THE FLEET.3.1.3) TO ADVANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN BY PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY OF AVIATION IN THE ROYAL NAVY.
Grants received
5 grants · £2,053,400 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Ministry of Defence · £1,773,000 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £280,400
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Bill Covington
- Michael John Francis Strong since 2013
- Nathan Colbern since 2025
- Nigel Robert Smith since 2017
- Nigel Colman since 2023
- Rear Admiral IAN Peter Gordon Tibbitt CBE
- Rear Admiral Thomas Anthony Cunningham since 2015
- Rear Admiral Andrew Betton since 2025
- Rear Anthony Rimmington since 2024
- Timothy John Manna
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael John Francis Strong since 2013
- Nigel Robert Smith since 2017
- Rear Admiral Thomas Anthony Cunningham since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Bill Covington
- Michael John Francis Strong since 2013
- Nathan Colbern since 2025
- Nigel Robert Smith since 2017
- Nigel Colman since 2023
- Rear Admiral IAN Peter Gordon Tibbitt CBE
- Rear Admiral Thomas Anthony Cunningham since 2015
- Rear Anthony Rimmington since 2024
- Timothy John Manna
Portfolio (1)
- Rear Admiral Andrew Betton since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
32.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1117272
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 OCTOBER 2006
- Companies House
- Company number 05971284 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01935842005 · office@navywings.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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