Registered charity (CIO) · Southampton
National Spitfire Project
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Hampshire
- Website
- www.nationalspitfireproject.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£407k
- 2024£175k£563k
- 2023£533k£101k
Earlier years
- 2022£78k£58k
- 2021£2k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 60%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPITFIRE AIRCRAFT AND ITS ROLE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MEMORIAL TO THE SPITFIRE AND IT'S DESIGNER R J MITCHELL IN THE CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
Grants received
1 grant · £250,000 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £250,000
Most recent
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.
7 trustees on the board
- John Michael Hannides Chair since 2014
- George Patrick Egbert Cadbury since 2025
- Jamie Barrett since 2018
- Michael Richard James Mr since 2023
- Paul ELI Beaver since 2022
- Paul Lester since 2020
- Royston Smith since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- John Michael Hannides Chair since 2014
- Jamie Barrett since 2018
- Paul Lester since 2020
- Royston Smith since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- John Michael Hannides Chair since 2014
- George Patrick Egbert Cadbury since 2025
- Jamie Barrett since 2018
- Michael Richard James Mr since 2023
- Paul Lester since 2020
- Royston Smith since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Paul ELI Beaver since 2022
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
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1158286
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 19 Aug 2014 as amended on 14 May 2024
- Contact on the register
- 02380760829
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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