Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial

Analysis

Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in November 1985, 41 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 01926148). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £939k to £1.5m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Meteorological Society (£1.4m), Parham Park Limited (£1.5m) and Environmental Defense Fund UK (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 54%, trading 36% and donations and legacies 8.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £34k. Charitable activities took 62% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £317k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.