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The AIR Pilots Benevolent Fund

4. Objects of the charity(1) The objects of the charity are:a) The relief of poverty of persons who are or have been engaged professionally as Air Pilots or Air Navigators or Air Technical Crew in Commercial Aviation and who are British subjects by...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £78k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Canada, Cyprus and more
Website
www.airpilots.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£78k£56k
  • 2024£275k£50k
  • 2023£42k£50k
Earlier years
  • 2022£28k£36k
  • 2021£34k£25k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

4. Objects of the charity(1) The objects of the charity are:a) The relief of poverty of persons who are or have been engaged professionally as Air Pilots or Air Navigators or Air Technical Crew in Commercial Aviation and who are British subjects by birth or by naturalization or who are Liverymen, Upper Freemen or Freemen of the Honorable Company of Air Pilots of London.b) the relief of poverty and/or advancement of education of the dependents widows and orphans of all such persons as mentioned in a).(2) The trustees may relieve persons in need by:(a) making grants or loans of money to them; or (b) providing or paying for goods, services or facilities for them; or (c) making grants of money to other persons or bodies who provide goods, services or facilities to those in need.(3) Insofar as the income and capital of the charity cannot be applied towards objects (a) and (b) above it may be applied in supporting such charities established wholly for purposes in the field of aviation or for such charitable purposes connected with aviation as the trustees shall determine.

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.

4.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.7y
average years in governance
1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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

Education 1Other services 1

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£78k 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
212952
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 19/05/2003AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19/02/2014AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 09/04/2014 as amended on 29 Jul 2025 as amended on 29 Jul 2025 as amended on 29 Jul 2025 as amended on 29 Jul 2025
Contact on the register
02074044032 · office@airpilots.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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