2025-12-31-accounts - Secret Spitfire Charity

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 January 2025 31 December 2025

From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

SECRET SPITFIRE CHARITY

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1183978

Charity's principal address THE RICKYARD SILVER STREET ALDERBURY SALISBURY

Postcode SP5 3AN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
Lindsey Chair
1
Whalley
Joshua
2
Michael Green
Jennifer
3
Calvert
Stephen
4 Charles
Whitmore
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Charitable Incorporated Organisation Constitution Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

First trustee appointed under constitution document. Subsequent trustees Trustee selection methods are appointed by existing trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system

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and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objects of the CIO are to advance the education of the public in the history of the manufacture of the Spitfire aircraft in the Salisbury Area of Wiltshire, including but not limited to the erection and maintenance of a memorial or memorials to the Spitfire aircraft and those who built it in the Salisbury area.

Fundraising for the purchase of a memorial to the Spitfire aircraft in the form of a replica Spitfire aircraft.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Funds raised in the year - £632

The replica Spitfire continues to remain on show at Salisbury Rugby Club. The charity maintains the Spitfire and continue to look for ways to generate funds in order to continue this maintenance.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The policy of the Charity is to raise and maintain sufficient reserves at all times so far as possible as to enable it to insure and maintain the replica aircraft being to be constructed.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Joshua Green Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date 9 June 2026

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The Secret Spitfire Charity 1183978
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01/01/2024 31/12/2024
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 312 - - 312 1,081
Interest received 320 - - 320 177
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 632 ] - - 632 1,259
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 632 - - 632 1,259
A3 Payments
Just Giving 216 - - 216 216
Ground works 350 - - 350 1,316
Insurance 4,762 - - 4,762 143
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- - - -
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- - - - -
Sub total [ 5,328 ] - - 5,328 1,675
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Manufacturing Spitfire - - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 5,328 - - 5,328 1,675
Net of receipts/(payments) - 4,697 - - - 4,697 - 416
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 24,126 - - 24,126 24,542
Cash funds this year end 19,429 - - 19,429 24,126
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

09/06/2026

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at	the end of the period	the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds	Details Details Goodbox Spitfire Momument Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 19,429 - - 19,429 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Unrestricted Unrestricted Fund to which liability relates	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) 516 75,000 - - - - - - - Amount due (optional)	Endowment funds to nearest £ - - -
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				OK
				Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) 516 750,000 - - - - - - - When due (optional)
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	Signature	Print Name Joshua Green		Date of approval 09/06/2026

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

09/06/2026