Airship Heritage Trust

Analysis

Airship Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02104681). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Airship Heritage Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £22k, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,467 to £11k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 172% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Airship Heritage Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camborne Produce Association (£11k), The Friends of Aston's Eyot (£11k) and Cuckmere Haven Sos (£11k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.