Gatwick Aviation Museum

Analysis

Gatwick Aviation Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in June 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03701299). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Gatwick Aviation Museum reported income of £222k and spending of £216k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £85k to £222k (+161%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Gatwick Aviation Museum sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Glusburn Community & Arts Centre (£222k), Holmfirth Civic Hall Community Trust (£222k) and The West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust (£221k).