The Royal Aero Club Trust

Analysis

The Royal Aero Club Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Meridian Business Park. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03346344). It says it makes grants to individuals, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Aero Club Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £20k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,468 to £12k (+406%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 200% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Royal Aero Club Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cwtsh Community and Arts Centre (£12k), Royal Marines Band Fund Plymouth (£12k) and Bardney Gateway Centre (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.