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Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1142599SalisburyArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£213k2025-05-31
Spending£196ksame year
Spent / received90%5-year average
Size in its cause86th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06528182). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited reported income of £213k and spending of £196k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £176k to £213k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited 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 South Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (£213k), The Co-Operative Heritage Trust (£213k) and Kidwelly Town Community Hall (£213k).

Income and spending

£0£54k£108k£163k£217k2021 Income: £175,8132021 Spending: £123,13920212022 Income: £185,7022022 Spending: £160,90820222023 Income: £194,9382023 Spending: £195,37420232024 Income: £216,9142024 Spending: £214,84420242025 Income: £212,9482025 Spending: £195,5662025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited is a heritage aviation museum.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
South Yorkshire Federation of Women's InstitutesDoncaster£213k
The Co-Operative Heritage TrustLancashire£213k
Kidwelly Town Community HallDyfed£213k
The Lace Market Theatre Trust LimitedNottingham£213k