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City of Norwich Aviation Museum

RegisteredRegistered charity number 287745NorfolkEnvironment and conservation
Income£236k2025-08-31
Spending£172ksame year
Spent / received61%5-year average
Size in its cause86th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered1983Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

City of Norwich Aviation Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in September 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01734164). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, City of Norwich Aviation Museum reported income of £236k and spending of £172k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £154k to £236k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, City of Norwich Aviation 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 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lewis Pugh Foundation (£235k), The Cornwall Garden Society (£237k) and Ecoactive (£235k).

Income and spending

£0£68k£135k£203k£271k2021 Income: £154,1712021 Spending: £67,25320212022 Income: £221,0252022 Spending: £116,51220222023 Income: £270,9682023 Spending: £148,28820232024 Income: £217,3012024 Spending: £168,93420242025 Income: £236,3922025 Spending: £171,5242025
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In the charity's own words

Preservation of the aviation history of Norfolk.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Lewis Pugh FoundationPlymouth£235k
The Cornwall Garden SocietyLaunceston£237k
EcoactiveLondon£235k
The Farrer TrustMilton Keynes£238k