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Registered charity · Salisbury

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £213k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Wiltshire
Website
www.boscombedownaviationcollection.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£213k£196k
  • 2024£217k£215k
  • 2023£195k£195k
Earlier years
  • 2022£186k£161k
  • 2021£176k£123k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COLLECTION ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF A COLLECTION DEDICATED TO RECORDING AND EXHIBITING ALL ASPECTS OF FLIGHT AND FLIGHT TESTING AT BOSCOMBE DOWN THEREBY PRESERVING ITS HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.PLEASE NOTE THE COLLECTION IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FROM A SECURE MOD ESTABLISHMENT TO OLD SARUM AIRFIELD WHERE THE COLLECTION WILL BE COMPLETELY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.THE COLLECTION WILL THEN BROADEN ITS BASE TO COVER ALL THE AVIATION HERITAGE IN THE SALISBURY AND SALISBURY PLAIN AREA. BRITISH MILITARY AVIATION STARTED IN 1909 AT LARKHILL ON SALISBURY PLAIN WITH BOSCOMBE DOWN AND OLD SARUM STARTING IN 1917. ALL THESE ESTABLISHMENTS CONTINUE IN OPERATION TO THIS DAY.

Grants received

3 grants · £46,400 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £42,700 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £3,700

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £14,1002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £28,6002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £3,7002014-03-12
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.

6 trustees on the board

8.7y median 9y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Disability 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£213k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1142599
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/05/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2013
Contact on the register
01722 323636
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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