THE AIR PILOTS BENEVOLENT FUND

Charity number: 212952
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The relief of poverty of persons who are or have been engaged professionally as air pilots or air navigators and who are British subjects by birth or by naturalisation or who are liverymen, upper freemen or freemen of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of London. The relief of poverty and/or advancement of education of the dependants widows and orphans of all such persons mentioned above.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2024

Total income: £275,002
Total expenditure: £50,101

People

9 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Akrotiri
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Cyprus
  • Dhekelia
  • Falkland Islands
  • Gibraltar
  • Guernsey
  • Hong Kong
  • Isle Of Man
  • Jersey
  • Malta
  • New Zealand
  • Qatar
  • Scotland
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 December 1962: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • THE GUILD OF AIR PILOTS BENEVOLENT FUND (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
John Anthony Denyer Trustee 25 March 2024
None on record
Cdr Mark Christopher Walker Trustee 28 March 2023
None on record
Kieran Ferrier Trasler Trustee 15 November 2022
None on record
Lt Col Ian Henry Murning Trustee 13 July 2021
None on record
Ian Melia MA FCA VR Trustee 13 July 2021
YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST FOR EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH LIMITED
Received: On time
Captain Adrian Joseph Robert Keenan Trustee 14 November 2019
None on record
CAPTAIN CHRISTINE ANN McGEE Trustee 16 April 2019
None on record
RICHARD CHARLES PIPER Trustee 16 April 2019
None on record
PAUL JOSEPH TACON BA ACIS Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2020 30/09/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023 30/09/2024
Total gross income £37.92k £34.22k £27.97k £41.51k £275.00k
Total expenditure £20.55k £24.73k £35.88k £49.58k £50.10k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2024 23 March 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2024 23 March 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2023 31 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 31 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2022 14 March 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 14 March 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2021 24 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 24 May 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2020 24 June 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2020 24 June 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

SCHEME DATED 19/05/2003 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 19/02/2014 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 09/04/2014

Charitable objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN ENGAGED PROFESSIONALLY AS AIR PILOTS OR AIR NAVIGATORS IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION AND WHO ARE BRITISH SUBJECTS BY BIRTH OR BY NATURALISATION OR WHO ARE LIVERYMEN, UPPER FREEMAN OR FREEMEN OF THE GUILD OF AIR PILOTS AND AIR NAVIGATORS OF LONDON. (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND/OR ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE DEPENDANTS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF ALL SUCH PERSONS AS MENTIONED IN (A). INSOFAR AS THE INCOME AND CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY CANNOT BE APPLIED TOWARDS OBJECTS (A) AND (B) ABOVE IT MAY BE APPLIED IN SUPPORTING SUCH CHARITIES ESTABLISHED WHOLLY FOR PURPOSES IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH AVIATION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED.

Contact information

Address:
Honourable Company Of Air Pilots
52A Borough High Street
LONDON
SE1 1XN
Phone:
02074044032
Email:
office@airpilots.org
Website:

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