## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/04/2023 Period start date To 31/03/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Marham Aviation Heritage Centre** ## **Charity registration number: 1169314** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are
•To advance the education of the public in
the history of RAF Marham and its place in
UK aviation; and
•To maintain a Heritage Centre for the
exhibition of documents, items, artefacts
and other materials related to RAF
Marham, for benefit of the public.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The AHC is to open to the general public
every Tuesday and Wednesday, along with
the last Saturday of every month. Entry to
the AHC is free.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|We confirm the trustees have had regard to
the Charity Commission’s guidance on
public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference The AHC does not make grants. Para 1.38 Policy on grant making The Marham AHC does not contribute to Para 1.38 social investment. Policy on social investment including program related investment |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Marham Aviation Heritage Centre
relies entirely on its core of volunteers to
operate. Their contribution to the ongoing
success of the charity has been
outstanding throughout this FY. We were
lucky enough to welcome several new
volunteers to our team in this FY.| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The digital archive was further expanded
and now contains over 8,000 items or
collections.
In the spring of 2023, a redundant cold war
cabin was recovered from within RAF
Marham and relocated to the Centre. This
is in the process of being restored and
renovated, with a view to serving as an
annex to the Centre. The ultimate goal will
be to restore electrical power to it allowing
various cold war displays to be housed
within the cabin.
The Heritage Centre held an event in
October 2023 to commemorate the English
Electric Canberra. The event was highly
successful with approximately 250 guests
across the entire weekend.
Over the course of the year, the Heritage
Centre welcomed in the region of 3,100
visitors, which included over multiple large
group visits from a variety of schools, clubs
and associations.
In October 2023 the Centre ran an aviation
patch event, which was a resounding
success with several hundred visitors over
a weekend.
In November 2023, the Heritage Centre
purchased a new computer and VR
headset to allow visitors to experience the
‘Berlin Blitz’, which details the story of a
207 Squadron operational Lancaster sortie
in WWII. This has proved so immersive and
popular that a second set up is being
considered, and also other missions are
being looked at to further the capability the
Centre offers.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of FY 23/24 the Charity is
£11,210 in profit.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity does not currently hold any
reserve funding.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The charity has no requirement for reserve
funding.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charities principal source of funding is
donations from our visitors and sales from
the shop.
Without the donations we have gratefully
received since the inception of the AHC, we
would not be able to employ the services of
the curator, nor purchase items as required
for display or to sell in the shop.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|There are currently no risks facing the
charity.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by committee| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The Marham Aviation Heritage Centre
(AHC) is run by a team consisting of 20+
members. All are either current of former
members of the Royal Air Force. Members
are recruited from RAF Marham and the
wider service community. Most members
have a passion for RAF history| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The charity works closely with Heritage
Centres at other RAF Bases to develop
mutually beneficial relationships, and to
assist others where necessary.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|The AHC works closely with RAF Marham
in order to ensure that anything of historical
importance, wherever possible, is saved,
catalogued and either archived or
displayed, to ensure a long-lasting legacy
for future generations to enjoy.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Marham Aviation Heritage Centre| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1169314| |Charity’s principal address|Marham Aviation Heritage Centre, Upper Marham, Norfolk, PE33
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Steve Roberts|Curator||| ||Robert Swanson|Aircraft Manager||| ||Robin Baker|||| ||Michael Vincent|Secretary||| ||Stn Cdr RAF
Marham|Honorary Position||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Some personnel currently involved with the charity are currently serving in HM Armed Forces. ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** > **Signature(s)** Robert Digitally signed by Robert Swanson Swanson Date: 2025.01.30 15:22:34 Z **Full name(s)** Robert David Leonard Swanson **Position (eg Secretary,** Aircraft Manager **Chair, etc) Date** 30/01/2025 ||**Marham Aviation Heritace Centre**|**Marham Aviation Heritace Centre**|**Marham Aviation Heritace Centre**|**1169314**|**1169314**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/04/2023|**To**|Period end date
31/03/2024||| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**9,611**
**8,200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,811**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,811**
**8,380**
**180**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,560**
**4,986**
**-**
**4,986**
**13,546**
**4,265**
**-**
**6,945**
**11,210**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**9,611**
**8,200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**17,811**
**-**
**-**
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**17,811**
**8,380**
**180**
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**8,560**
**4,986**
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**4,986**
**13,546**

**4,265**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Sales|**9,611**||**-**
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**-**|**9,611**||**5,158**| |Donations|**8,200**|||**8,200**||**5,552**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**17,811**|||**17,811**||**10,710**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**17,811**||**10,710**| |||||||| |Curator Wages|**8,380**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**8,380**||**-**| |Admin Fee for Accounts|**180**|||**180**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**8,560**|||**8,560**||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| |**Purchases**|**4,986**||**-**
**-**
**-**|**4,986**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**4,986**|||**4,986**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**13,546**||**-**| |||||||| ||**4,265**|**-**|**-**|
**4,265**||**10,710**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**6,945**|**-**||**6,945**||**-**| ||**11,210**|**-**|**-**|**11,210**||**10,710**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Shop Stock
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Robert Swanson
Digitally signed by Robert Swanson
Date: 2025.01.30 15:15:35 Z|**Unrestricted**
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