RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum

Analysis

RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum reported income of £152k and spending of £129k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £82k to £152k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 62% 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, RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chew Valley Performing Arts (£152k), The Deepings Community Trust Limited (£152k) and 40 Degreez (£152k).