# BOSCOMBE DOWN AVIATION COLLECTION LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1142599
- **Other names:** THE BOSCOMBE DOWN AVIATION COLLECTION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 27, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1142599


## Contact

- **Address:** Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Hangar 1 South, Old Sarum Airfield, Old Sarum, SALISBURY
- **Postcode:** SP4 6DZ
- **Phone:** 01722 323636
- **Website:** www.boscombedownaviationcollection.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** "THE OBJECTS OF THE COLLECTION ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF A COLLECTION DEDICATED TO RECORDING AND EXHIBITING ALL ASPECTS OF FLIGHT AND FLIGHT TESTING AT BOSCOMBE DOWN THEREBY PRESERVING ITS HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS".PLEASE NOTE THE COLLECTION IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FROM A SECURE MOD ESTABLISHMENT TO OLD SARUM AIRFIELD WHERE THE COLLECTION WILL BE COMPLETELY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.THE COLLECTION WILL THEN BROADEN ITS BASE TO COVER ALL THE AVIATION HERITAGE IN THE SALISBURY AND SALISBURY PLAIN AREA. BRITISH MILITARY AVIATION STARTED IN 1909 AT LARKHILL ON SALISBURY PLAIN WITH BOSCOMBE DOWN AND OLD SARUM STARTING IN 1917.  ALL THESE ESTABLISHMENTS CONTINUE IN OPERATION TO THIS DAY.

**Activities:** Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited is a heritage aviation museum.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £212948 | £195566 | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | £216914 | £214844 | — | — |
| May 31, 2023 | £194938 | £195374 | — | — |
| May 31, 2022 | £185702 | £160908 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £175813 | £123139 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **John Sharpe** (Chair) — appointed March 23, 2011
- Christopher Gordon Hodson CEng FRAeS — appointed Sept. 8, 2021
- David Geoffrey Berryman — appointed May 17, 2024
- Jeffrey Hill — appointed Sept. 11, 2024
- PHILLIP RICHARD MOGG — appointed July 23, 2013
- RONALD FULTON CENG FRAES — appointed March 23, 2011