Registered charity (CIO) · Folkestone
The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO
- 10 trustees
- Income £567k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Richard Hugh Hunting CBEChair · since 2016
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCBTrustee · since 2016
- Arabella HastieTrustee · since 2023
- Barry Martstan Duffield DLTrustee · since 2017
- Deborah BurnsTrustee · since 2017
- GP Capt Patrick Tootal RAF OBE DLTrustee · since 2016
- MR David RosierTrustee · since 2016
- Nicholas Lawn BSc HonsTrustee · since 2016
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- Samantha Josephine PilcherTrustee · since 2021
- Wng Cmdr RAF Retd Ian Paul Woodhouse MBE BScTrustee · since 2024
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 4 other charities:
- The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust · 4 shared trustees
- Corda Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke · 1 shared trustee
- The Ironmongers' Trust Company · 1 shared trustee
- Peter Stormonth Darling Charitable Trust · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.battleofbritainmemorial.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£567k£808k
- 2023£492k£892k
- 2022£444k£833k
Earlier years
- 2021£466k£703k
- 2020£570k£671k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY AIRCREW FROM THE UK AND COMMONWEALTH AND ALLIED COUNTRIES WHO FLEW OPERATIONALLY UNDER RAF FIGHTER COMMAND IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BETWEEN JULY 10TH AND OCTOBER 31ST 1940 THROUGH THE PROVISION OF E MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTRE AND SUCH OTHER ATTRACTIONS AND COMMEMORATIVE MEDIA AS MAY BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORT THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THOSE AIRCREW THEIR DEPENDANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS IN PRESERVING THE NAME OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN FIGHTER ASSOCIATION IN PERPETUITY
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Richard Hugh Hunting CBE Chair since 2016
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCB since 2016
- Arabella Hastie since 2023
- Barry Martstan Duffield DL since 2017
- Deborah Burns since 2017
- GP Capt Patrick Tootal RAF OBE DL since 2016
- MR David Rosier since 2016
- Nicholas Lawn BSc Hons since 2016
- Samantha Josephine Pilcher since 2021
- Wng Cmdr RAF Retd Ian Paul Woodhouse MBE BSc since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Hugh Hunting CBE Chair since 2016
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCB since 2016
- Barry Martstan Duffield DL since 2017
- Deborah Burns since 2017
- GP Capt Patrick Tootal RAF OBE DL since 2016
- MR David Rosier since 2016
- Nicholas Lawn BSc Hons since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCB since 2016
- Arabella Hastie since 2023
- Barry Martstan Duffield DL since 2017
- GP Capt Patrick Tootal RAF OBE DL since 2016
- Samantha Josephine Pilcher since 2021
- Wng Cmdr RAF Retd Ian Paul Woodhouse MBE BSc since 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Richard Hugh Hunting CBE Chair since 2016
- Deborah Burns since 2017
- MR David Rosier since 2016
- Nicholas Lawn BSc Hons since 2016
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
15.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 82.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1169005
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 01 Sep 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01303249292 · trustsecretary@battleofbritainmemorial.org
- 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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