Registered charity · Biggleswade
Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society
- 11 trustees
- Income £289k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alan Leslie ReedTrustee · since 2013
- John Stewart LearyTrustee · since 2024
- Julian Leslie HarcourtTrustee · since 2018
- Kevin John PanterTrustee
- Matthew Thorney Studdert-KennedyTrustee · since 2017
- Neil Berwyn ThomasTrustee
- Paul CullenTrustee · since 2025
- Paul Francis BichenerTrustee · since 2025
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- Paul Hilary FergusonTrustee · since 2015
- Rosemary Anne HallTrustee · since 2017
- William GriggTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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- Airfield Volunteer Fire Service · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Website
- svas.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£289k£209k
- 2024£834k£231k
- 2023£228k£198k
Earlier years
- 2022£400k£201k
- 2021£555k£237k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SCIENCES, PRACTICE, AND HISTORY OF AVIATION, BY THE SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE, AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE AERONAUTICAL SECTION ("THE COLLECTION") OF THE RICHARD ORMONDE SHUTTLEWORTH REMEMBERANCE TRUST.
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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.
11 trustees on the board
- Alan Leslie Reed since 2013
- John Stewart Leary since 2024
- Julian Leslie Harcourt since 2018
- Kevin John Panter
- Matthew Thorney Studdert-Kennedy since 2017
- Neil Berwyn Thomas
- Paul Cullen since 2025
- Paul Francis Bichener since 2025
- Paul Hilary Ferguson since 2015
- Rosemary Anne Hall since 2017
- William Grigg
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Leslie Reed since 2013
- Julian Leslie Harcourt since 2018
- Matthew Thorney Studdert-Kennedy since 2017
- Paul Hilary Ferguson since 2015
- Rosemary Anne Hall since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Alan Leslie Reed since 2013
- John Stewart Leary since 2024
- Julian Leslie Harcourt since 2018
- Kevin John Panter
- Matthew Thorney Studdert-Kennedy since 2017
- Neil Berwyn Thomas
- Paul Francis Bichener since 2025
- Paul Hilary Ferguson since 2015
- Rosemary Anne Hall since 2017
- William Grigg
Portfolio (1)
- Paul Cullen since 2025
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
- 800095
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- RULES AND CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 31ST AUGUST 1988, AS AMENDED BY CONSTITUTION DATED 16 MARCH 1999
- Contact on the register
- 01767627909 · svas@shuttleworth.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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