# Aviation Heritage Foundation UK CIO

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1217561 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1217561)
- What it funds: Education / training
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides advocacy / advice / information, Acts as an umbrella or resource body, Other charitable activities
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Other names: Aviation Heritage UK (working)
- Trustees: 4
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/aviation-heritage-foundation-uk

Acts as a co-ordinator and advocate for aviation heritage museums and collections; provides advice on the safeguarding, conservation and restoration of heritage aviation assets; makes loans and cash grants to museums in the furtherance of those activities; organises educational and information-exchange meetings; facilitates exchange of heritage items and information between museums

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The objects for which the CIO is established are exclusively charitable in english law and for the benefit of the public are:3.1 to promote the public knowledge and understanding of, and advance education in, Aviation Heritage in the UK.3.2 to promote and support the preservation, conservation and restoration of Aviation Heritage and associated materials for the public benefit.3.3 to support museums, organisations and collections engaged for the public benefit in the preservation, conservation and restoration of all manner of aircraft and their systems, Aviation buildings and sites, archives and records pertaining to Aviation Heritage.

## What it funds

Aviation Heritage Foundation UK CIO is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy / advice / information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Aviation Heritage Foundation UK CIO in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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