The Stirling Aircraft Project

Analysis

The Stirling Aircraft Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warrington. It was registered in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Stirling Aircraft Project reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,482 to £16k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 2011%. Over the whole period it spent 53% 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, The Stirling Aircraft Project sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Chamber Choir (£16k), The Roseland Festival Association (£16k) and The Athenaeum Singers (£16k).

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.