South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum

Analysis

South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Doncaster. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08148551). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum reported income of £214k and spending of £143k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £125k to £214k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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, South Yorkshire Aircraft 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 Marsden Community Trust Ltd (£213k), The Children's Bookshow (£214k) and The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust (£213k).