Historic Aircraft Flight Trust

Analysis

Historic Aircraft Flight Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Historic Aircraft Flight Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £65k, spending 204% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £87k to £32k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Historic Aircraft Flight Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Media Group (£32k), Abingdon and District Musical Society (£32k) and West Sussex Philharmonic Choir (£32k).