Registered charity · Somerset
The Helicopter Museum
For the public benefit to advance education in aviation in such ways as the trustees think fit, including but not limited to the preservation and presentation of aircraft, aeronautical equipment of historical or technical interest and maintaining...
- 7 trustees
- Income £352k (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
- North Somerset
- Website
- www.helicoptermuseum.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Helicopter Museum LTD
- Registered
- 1980
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£352k£274k
- 2024£376k£253k
- 2023£342k£288k
Earlier years
- 2022£335k£211k
- 2021£222k£163k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
For the public benefit to advance education in aviation in such ways as the trustees think fit, including but not limited to the preservation and presentation of aircraft, aeronautical equipment of historical or technical interest and maintaining the heritage of the airfield site on which the museum is located.
Grants received
5 grants · £763,855 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £747,955 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £15,900
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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
- Captain Peter Turner
- Clive John Elks since 2023
- Dr Alisdair Edward James Wood Engd/Ceng since 2022
- Geoffrey William Dore
- Philip Henry Chalmers Winterton since 2022
- Robert David Adams since 2021
- Steven Richard Whittaker since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Steven Richard Whittaker since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Clive John Elks since 2023
- Dr Alisdair Edward James Wood Engd/Ceng since 2022
- Geoffrey William Dore
- Philip Henry Chalmers Winterton since 2022
- Robert David Adams since 2021
- Steven Richard Whittaker since 2018
Portfolio (1)
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 281053
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 SEPTEMBER 1980, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 21 OCTOBER 2004. as amended on 05 Sept 2025 as amended on 23 Mar 2026 as amended on 23 Mar 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 01517593 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01934635227 · helimuseum@btconnect.com
- 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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