--- title: "The Battle of Britain Memorial Tru… rating | CharityCompare" description: "The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO scores 92/100 (Exceptional). Latest accounts 2024: income £567k · 89% on charitable activities. Reg 1169005." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-battle-of-britain-memorial-trust-cio retrieved: 2026-08-18T02:09:06.573Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO a good charity? The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO scores 92/100 (5 stars, Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£567k total income, 89% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Canterbury · CT18 7JJ | Reg [1169005](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-battle-of-britain-memorial-trust-cio) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1169005) Donate ## How can you give to THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST CIO? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST CIO form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1169005) ## What does The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO do? The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO is a registered charity (no. 1169005) working in arts & culture in Canterbury · CT18 7JJ. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 89% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 15 months of reserves, and files its annual accounts on time. Reported income has been broadly stable over recent years. CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=the-battle-of-britain-memorial-trust-cio) **In short:** THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST CIO scores 92 out of 100 (5 stars). 89% average program spend (Latest year, disclosed years only). Filings are up to date with no major concerns. ## What is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO? The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO has a Clarity Score of 92 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars, Exceptional). Charity Commission registration number 1169005. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Arts & culture. Latest accounts year 2024: total income £567k, with 89% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: up to date. Reserves: approximately 15 months of operating costs. No major red flags from our filing review. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 92/100 5★ · Exceptional Cause spend 89% latest year · charitable activities Accountability 83/100 Finance beacon Income £567k Latest year 2024 Reserves 15 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing On time Charity Commission £17.1 raised per £1 fundraising (latest year) · 4% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: high ## How does THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST CIO compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST CIO scores higher than. Income band (£500k–£1m)83rdpercentile **Scores higher than 83% of 2,187 charities in its income band** · 92/100 vs 79 peer average (marker). Arts & culture charities93rdpercentile **Scores higher than 93% of 624 charities in this cause** · 92/100 vs 76 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2024 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 High confidence — complete filing data Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 83/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 100% | 15/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 10 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 30% | 3/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 97/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 15 months · 15/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 10/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 80% | 10% · 4/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 100% | 89% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 5p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 30 volunteers / 10 staff · 10/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's Clarity Score? 92/100 total · Exceptional · 5 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 83/100 Accountability & Transparency 97/100 Financial Health 100/100 Financial Efficiency 100/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 83/100 Filing history (5 years)15/15 pts Trustee oversight10 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies3/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 97/100 Reserves (months of cash)15 months · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth10/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets10% · 4/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 100/100 Program expense ratio89% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency5p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio30 volunteers / 10 staff · 10/10 pts ## How much does The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO raise and spend? Latest filed year 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £567k | — | | Total expenditure | £808k | — | | Charitable activities | £720k | 89% | | Fundraising | £88k | 11% | | Governance & admin | £18k | 2% | 89%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2024) · £808k spent - Charitable activities89% · £720k - Fundraising11% · £88k - Governance2% · £18k ## What trust indicators does The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - ✓ Accounts filed on time up to date · last filing 24 June 2026 - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 10 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 10 employees · 30 volunteers (3:1 volunteer-to-staff) Fundraising Regulator Status not yet checked Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1169005 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1169005) ### Trustees & officers - RICHARD HUGH HUNTING CBE Chair · since 2016 - GP CAPT PATRICK TOOTAL RAF OBE DL since 2016 - MR DAVID ROSIER since 2016 - Nicholas Lawn BSc Hons since 2016 - Deborah Burns since 2017 - Barry Martstan Duffield DL since 2017 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCB since 2016 - SAMANTHA JOSEPHINE PILCHER since 2021 - Arabella Hastie since 2023 - Wng Cmdr RAF Retd Ian Paul Woodhouse MBE BSc since 2024 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO? Overall score 92/100 (5★) Income £567k Cause spend 89% of expenditure Reg number 1169005 Scope Local (canterbury) Reserves 15 months Trustees 10 Accounts year 2024 Filing up to date ## How does THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST CIO compare, and where else can you look? [Compare THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST CIO with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=the-battle-of-britain-memorial-trust-cio) [More arts & culture charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/arts) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST CIO sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [arts charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/arts) - [education charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/education) - [Charities in Canterbury](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/canterbury) ### Similar arts & culture charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [HACKNEY QUEST](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/hackney-quest) 100/100 · £827k - [COMMON WEALTH THEATRE LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/common-wealth-theatre-limited) 100/100 · £760k - [PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/pallant-house-gallery) 99/100 · £3.0m - [CREATE (ARTS) LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/create-arts-limited) 99/100 · £1.6m ## How can you share The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's rating? 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Around 89% of its spending goes to charitable activities and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate. Is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO a legitimate charity? + Yes — The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1169005). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1169005. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's charity number? + The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's charity number is 1169005. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals. What is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's charity rating? + The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO scores 92 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking. Does The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts. For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, 89% of The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift. What are The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's overheads? + According to its 2024 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 11% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 4% of total expenditure at The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO receive? + The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO reported £567k total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable. Are The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's accounts up to date? + Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO based? + The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO is listed at Canterbury · CT18 7JJ, focused on arts & culture. How does CharityCompare score The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. How often is this page updated? + This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust CIO's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.