**Charity Commission Annual Return Template**
**Charity Name:** Museum of RAF Firefighting **Charity Registration Number:** 1172939 **Financial Year End Date:** 31/12/24
## **Section 1: Charity Details**
## 1. **Charity Contact Information**
- Admin Address C/O 16 Rutland Way, Scampton, Lincoln. LN1 2UJ.
- Museum Address 41 Capper Avenue, Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough, DN21 5XS
- `o` Email: enquiry@firemuseum.uk
`o` Phone: 01522 730198
## 2. **Charity Trustees**
- Number of trustees: 5
- Names of trustees: Steven Shirley MBE, GIFireE, Kim Shirley, David Grant, Colin Tasker, Joanne Munro.
## 3. **Charity Activities**
- Main charitable purpose: The objectives of the CIO are:- To establish and maintain for the benefit of the public a museum of firefighting focussing in particular on the work of the RAF Fire and Rescue Service, to advance education by the establishment and maintenance of a museum which details the history of the RAF Fire and Rescue Service and promotes community fire safety, to advance education by publicly displaying firefighting memorabilia outside of the museum to support and promote the museum and to promote community fire safety.
- Summary of activities: To establish and maintain for the benefit of the public a museum of RAF firefighting. To advance education by establishing a museum which details the history of the RAF fire and rescue and to promote community fire safety. Also to advance education by displaying firefighting memorabilia in and outside the museum to promote community fire safety. Also to Promote Education on fire safety.
## **Section 2: Financial Information**
`o` Submitted on separate sheet
## **Section 3: Public Benefit**
## 1. **Public Benefit Statement**
`o` The Museum has provided opportunities for research through our library activities. `o` We have attended several shows in order to promote the Museum.
- We have helped the Broadcast Engineering Museum restore its building which in turn has allowed us to get more storage space for ourselves. This has allowed some of the collection to be viewed by the public on open days.
- We have established a breakfast club for volunteers and veterans that meets on a weekly basis.
- We have increased our following on various social media platforms.
- We have continued to support the Royal Air Force by attending open days with a mobile display unit.
`o` We have continued to promote community fire safety.
`o` We have preserved vehicles and displayed them at events throughout the County
## **Section 4: Governance and Compliance**
## 1.Serious Incidents
`o` Were there any serious incidents reported to the Charity Commission? No
`o` If yes, provide details: [Briefly describe the incidents and actions taken.]
2. Policies and Procedures
`o` Safeguarding policy in place: Yes
`o` Financial controls in place: Yes
`o` Risk management policy in place: Yes
3. Fundraising Compliance
`o` Did the charity comply with fundraising regulations? Yes
`o` If no, provide details: [Explain any issues and corrective actions taken.]
## **Section 5: Additional Information**
## 1.Future Plans
`o` Continue to try and find a permanent home.
`o` Continue with research projects
`o` Continue to maintain vehicle fleet
`o` Continue to preserve artifacts in our care
`o` Promote the Museum and its Aims
`o` Seek more volunteers
2. Declaration
`o` I confirm that the information provided in this return is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.
`o` Name: Steven Shirley
`o` Role: Chairman `o` Date: 21/10/25
## **Notes**
- Ensure all financial figures match your charity's accounts.
- Provide clear and concise answers, avoiding jargon.
- If your charity's income exceeds £25,000, you may need to submit additional documents, such as your annual accounts and trustees' annual report.
For specific guidance, refer to the Charity Commission's website or consult a professional if needed.
|||**Charity Name**|||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Museum of RAF Fire Fighting**|||||**1172939**|||||
|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**||
|||01/01/2023
31/12/2024
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
~~ee~~||||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||
|Members Donations||**1,560**||**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,560**|**1,560**||
|MonthlyDonations||**3,171**||**-**||**-**||**3**|**3,171**|**3,171**||
|Brighton CityAirport(hire of vehicle)||**5,760**||**-**||**-**||**5**|**5,760**|**5,760**||
|Additional Donations(paypal)||**3,707**||**-**||**-**||**3**|**3,707**|**3,707**||
|ShopSales(net)||**513**||**-**||**-**||**513**|**513**|**513**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_||_AR)_
**14,711**||**-**||**-**||**14,711**|**14,711**|**14,711**||
|||||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**14,711**
**-**
**-**
**14,711**
**14,711**
~~—————~~||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||||
|Fuel/Vehicleparts||**5,709**||**-**||**-**||**5**|**5,709**|**5,709**||
|Insurance||**4,761**||**-**||**-**||**4**|**4,761**|**4,761**||
|Vehicle Tax||**520**||**-**||**-**||**520**|**520**|**520**||
|Telephone/Internet||**663**||**-**||**-**||**663**|**663**|**663**||
|CateringSupplies||**87**||**-**||**-**||**87**|**87**|**87**||
|Vehicle Storage||**1,440**||**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,440**|**1,440**||
|Trailer Storage||**9,177**||**-**||**-**||**9**|**9,177**|**9,177**||
|Subscriptions||**30**||||||**30**|**30**|**30**||
|Vehicle equipment & maintanence||**280**||||||**280**|**280**|**280**||
|Purchase of Marque||**2,343**||||||**2**|**2,343**|**2,343**||
|Stationary/Multmedia||**209**||**-**||**-**||**209**|**209**|**209**||
|expenses refunded in 2024||**65**||||||**65**|**65**|**65**||
|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **||**25,284**||**-**||**-**||**25,284**|**25,284**|**25,284**||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**25,284**
**-**
**-**
**25,284**
**25,284**
~~——————~~||||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 10,573**
**-**
**- - 10,573**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**9,496**
**- -**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**- 1,077**
**-**
**- - 1,077**
~~SS~~||||||||**- - 10,573**
**-**
**9**
**- - 1,077**|**- - 10,573**
**-**
**9,496**
**- - 1,077**|**- - 10,573**
**- 10,573**
**-**
**-**
**- 10,573**
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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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))
**Details**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||||||**-**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**||**When due**
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