HOVERAID TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 14 November 1991
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02661888
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £402,398
Latest expenditure: £411,610
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: The Epicentre, Enterprise Way, Haverhill, CB9 7LR

Website recorded by the regulator: www.hoveraid.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

HoverAid provides medical care, community health programmes, and emergency relief to isolated communities. We develop and use hovercraft and other means to bring aid and lasting benefits to those in need

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 21 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 21 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £402,398
Total Gross Expenditure: £411,610

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 20 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 20 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £686,471
Total Gross Expenditure: £354,417

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 21 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 21 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £358,677
Total Gross Expenditure: £335,750

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 2 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 2 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £339,978
Total Gross Expenditure: £352,500

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 5 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 5 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £266,945
Total Gross Expenditure: £284,567

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 21 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £402,398
Total Gross Expenditure: £411,610
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 20 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £686,471
Total Gross Expenditure: £354,417
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 21 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £358,677
Total Gross Expenditure: £335,750
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 2 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £339,978
Total Gross Expenditure: £352,500
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 23

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 5 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £266,945
Total Gross Expenditure: £284,567
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 20 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 665856
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 15654
Income Investments: 588
Income Other: 4373
Income Total Income And Endowments: 686471
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £30,020
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £294,827
Expenditure Other: 29570
Expenditure Total: 354417
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 59591
Expenditure Depreciation: 13433
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £354,206
Assets Total Fixed: 409872
Assets Own Use: 409872
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £73,015
Assets Total Liabilities: £3,810
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £479,077
Creditors One Year Total Current: 3810
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £71,052
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 356641
Funds Restricted: 122436
Funds Total: 479077
Count Employees: 33
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Madagascar
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: East Sussex
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HOVERAID TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1991-11-14T00:00:00

Charity Name: HOVERAID TRUST
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-04-13T00:00:00
Reason: Removed by application
Assoc Organisation Number: 5090522
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1173763
Assoc Charity Name: PALS MADAGASCAR

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 NOVEMBER 1991
Charitable Objects: THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND OF DISEASE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD THROUGH THE DESIGN,DEVELOPMENT,MANUFACTURE,MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF HOVERCRAFT AND OTHER VEHICLES AND PARTS AND COMPONENTS FOR THE SAME AND THROUGH THE SUPPLY OF SUCH HOVERCRAFT,VEHICLES,PARTS AND COMPONENTS TO ANY PERSON WHETHER BY GIFT,SALE OR OTHERWISE.
Area Of Benefit: ANY PART OF THE WORLD

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures