THE BENTLEY PRIORY BATTLE OF BRITAIN TRUST

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust runs Bentley Priory Museum which tells the fascinating story of Bentley Priory, a Grade 2* listed house that was designed by Sir John Soane. The house has a rich history, most famously as the Headquarters of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. The museum tells the story of the people who won that Battle and Bentley Priory's broader history.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023
People

9 Trustee(s)
75 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Other Charitable Purposes
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Other Charitable Activities
- Harrow
Governance
- 12 July 2006: Standard registration
No other names
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Craig Morrison CBE | Chair | 17 September 2019 |
|
|
||||
Air Commodore Ian Richard William Stewart CBE DL | Trustee | 23 January 2024 |
|
|||||
Gary Clive Headland DL | Trustee | 23 January 2024 |
|
|
||||
Karen Barker | Trustee | 28 November 2017 |
|
|
||||
Air Marshal Cliff Spink | Trustee | 01 March 2016 |
|
|
||||
Air Vice-Marshal Clive Bairsto | Trustee | 06 May 2015 |
|
|||||
Wg Cdr ERICA FERGUSON OBE | Trustee | 02 March 2015 |
|
|
||||
NATASHA BROWN | Trustee | 28 July 2014 |
|
|
||||
Sangita Unadkat | Trustee | 28 July 2014 |
|
|
Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total gross income | £253.50k | £196.53k | £251.70k | £220.57k | £364.86k | |
|
Total expenditure | £428.50k | £420.47k | £314.63k | £352.99k | £400.79k | |
|
Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
|
Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | £34.25k | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
---|---|---|---|---|
Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 21 October 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 21 October 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 25 October 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 25 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 03 November 2022 | 3 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 03 November 2022 | 3 days late | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 20 October 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 20 October 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2019 | 05 October 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2019 | 05 October 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 NOVEMBER 2005, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 11 JULY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 AUG 2016 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19 AUG 2016 as amended on 25 Jan 2022
Charitable objects
1.3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN: (A) THE HISTORY OF BENTLEY PRIORY, WITH A FOCUS ON ITS ROLE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, AND (B) THE HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN WORLD HISTORY BY THE MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BENTLEY PRIORY MUSEUM AND ITS PRESERVATION AS A MEMORIAL TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. 1.3.2 TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME
Area of benefit
NATIONAL
Contact information
- Address:
-
Bentley Priory Museum
Bentley Priory
Mansion House Drive
STANMORE
HA7 3FB
- Phone:
- 02089505526
Tell us whether you accept cookies
We use cookies to collect information about how you use your Charity Commission Account, such as pages you visit.
We use this information to better understand how you use our website so that we can improve your user experience and present more relevant content.
Thank you for your feedback. Do you have 5 minutes to tell us what you think of this service?Open in new window