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Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre
- 6 trustees
- Income £72k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Captain David DurstonChair · since 2012
- Jay StewartTrustee · since 2022
- Jonathan Michael BirdTrustee · since 2023
- Lt Cdr Alexander BestTrustee · since 2024
- Martin William Westwood MA FraesTrustee · since 2012
- Tony World Fcma, CgmaTrustee · since 2012
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- Ocean Watersports Trust Vale of Glamorgan · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Hampshire, Wiltshire
- Website
- www.pngc.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£72k£85k
- 2024£108k£151k
- 2023£78k£74k
Earlier years
- 2022£66k£52k
- 2021£90k£43k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (?THE OBJECTS?) ARE RESTRICTED TO: THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF HER MAJESTY?S ARMED FORCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS AND RAISING MORALE OF MEMBERS OF THE NAVAL SERVICE AND THE AUXILIARIES, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THROUGH PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN AND PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR GLIDING AND SOARING; AND TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE ADULTHOOD BY ENCOURAGING VALUABLE PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND HIGH STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THROUGH GLIDING AND SOARING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES BASED ON THE CUSTOMS OF THE ROYAL NAVY.
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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
- Captain David Durston Chair since 2012
- Jay Stewart since 2022
- Jonathan Michael Bird since 2023
- Lt Cdr Alexander Best since 2024
- Martin William Westwood MA Fraes since 2012
- Tony World Fcma, Cgma since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Captain David Durston Chair since 2012
- Martin William Westwood MA Fraes since 2012
- Tony World Fcma, Cgma since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Captain David Durston Chair since 2012
- Jay Stewart since 2022
- Jonathan Michael Bird since 2023
- Lt Cdr Alexander Best since 2024
- Tony World Fcma, Cgma since 2012
Portfolio (1)
- Martin William Westwood MA Fraes since 2012
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1148381
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 JUN 2012
- Companies House
- Company number 08111423 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07876333400 · tony.world@specfabs.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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