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RAF Station Coltishall Heritage Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1176736NorfolkArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£24k2026-01-31
Spending£17ksame year
Spent / received80%5-year average
Size in its cause54th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

RAF Station Coltishall Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending January 2026, RAF Station Coltishall Heritage Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £17k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £9,028 to £24k (+163%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 206%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Station Coltishall Heritage Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llangattock Community Hall (£24k), The Art Ministry (£24k) and The Weymouth Dance Festival (£24k).

Income and spending

£0£8,309£17k£25k£33k2022 Income: £9,0282022 Spending: £8,80820222023 Income: £13,0242023 Spending: £14,47520232024 Income: £10,8472024 Spending: £8,06020242025 Income: £33,2372025 Spending: £23,57720252026 Income: £23,7782026 Spending: £16,9442026
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In the charity's own words

Raising funds to operate and develop the RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre. Opened on 23 June 2021 the Centre is in the former Main Guardroom on the site of the former RAF station. The facilities, open to the public and under the Trust's management, include exhibition rooms, a lecture and educational/meeting room and external reconnaissance cabins next to the building

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