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Registered charity · Romsey

Solent SKY LTD

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £202k (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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Southampton City
Website
www.solentskymuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Solent SKY LTD
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£202k£262k
  • 2024£298k£282k
  • 2023£224k£227k
Earlier years
  • 2022£296k£205k
  • 2021£288k£201k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO AVIATION BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MUSEUM AS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO R J MITCHELL THE DESIGNER OF THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY S6B SEAPLANE AND THE SPITFIRE.

Grants received

6 grants · £229,500 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

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £15,6002020-06-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £74,2002020-02-05
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002019-06-18
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,9002018-08-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £64,8002016-09-13
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 trustees on the board

8y median 9y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

23y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
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 4Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4

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 4Agriculture 2Construction 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£202k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
262995
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 AUGUST 1969 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14 JUNE 1971 AND 24 MARCH 1982 AND BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 JANUARY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 MAY 2014
Companies House
Company number 00960329 · Active
Contact on the register
01794368963 · aviation@spitfireonline.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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