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Registered charity · Isle of Wight

Wight Aviation Museum

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £45k (2024)
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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.wightaviationmuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wight Aviation Museum
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£45k£52k
  • 2023£62k£52k
  • 2022£22k£21k
Earlier years
  • 2021£9k£13k
  • 2021£41k£21k

Income trend, 2021 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A WORKING MUSEUM FOR THE EXHIBITION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC AND CLASSIC AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED ARTEFACTS AND MEMORABILIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF AVIATION THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.(3) TO ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME INCLUDING RESEARCH FACILITIES, AND TO EMBRACE HISTORICAL AVIATION HERITAGE, LINKED TO THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL AEROSPACE INDUSTRY.

Grants received

1 grant · £9,900 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £9,900

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,9002018-10-16
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.

8 trustees on the board

5.8y median 7y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
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 8Education/training 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 8

Gaps to watch

  • 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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£45k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1175948
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 MAY 2017
Companies House
Company number 10784045 · Active
Contact on the register
07949704052 · wightaviationmuseum@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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