Museum of Berkshire Aviation

The Museum of Berkshire Aviation is a small aviation museum in Woodley, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire, England. The museum is on the edge of the site of the former Woodley Aerodrome & many of its exhibits relate to the Phillips & Powis Company, later renamed Miles Aircraft, which was based there from 1932 to 1947.

Other aircraft exhibited were built by Handley Page (Reading) Ltd, & by Fairey Aviation at White Waltham near Maidenhead. Despite being a small museum, several of the exhibits are unique survivors. These include a Miles Martinet (a World War II target tug) – the only Miles Student two-seat side-by-side jet trainer ever built & a Fairey Jet Gyrodyne — a composite helicopter & autogyro, or gyrodyne. Other exhibits include a Fairey Gannet carrier-borne anti-submarine aircraft, formerly operated by the Royal Navy. A Handley Page Herald turboprop airliner, designed by Miles & built at Woodley after Handley Page took over Miles’ aircraft contracts.

Opening Times
Summer (Last Sunday in March to Last Sunday in October)
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays – 10:30am to 5pm.

Winter (rest of year)
Sunday – Noon – 4pm
Wednesday – 10:30am – 4pm

Entry Fee
Adult: £4.00
Senior Citizen: £3.00
Children: £3.00
Family Ticket: £10.00 (2 Adults and up to 3 Children)
Group Visits: £3 per head
We now accept debit or credit cards, along with cash.

Services

School Visits

The museum welcomes group visits and runs an active educational programme for schools, linked to National Curriculum requirements, demonstrating the development of aviation techniques.

Gift aid – an overview

Gift aid is tax relief on money donated to UK charities.
We treat donations as if the donor had already deducted basic rate tax from them. The charity can then reclaim this tax to increase the value of a donation.

Gift aid rules

Donors must pay enough UK income tax and/or capital gains tax themselves to cover the amount of tax the charity will reclaim
give the charity a gift aid declaration, which should include
– their name
– their home address
– the charity’s name
– details of the donation – saying that it is a gift aid donation
– confirmation that they have paid UK tax – to cover the tax the charity will reclaim.

A declaration can be made to cover individual donations,a series of donations, can cover donations made during a specified period or to cover all future donations. They can also be backdated for up to 6 years prior to the date of the declaration provided the donation was made since 6 April 2000.

Tax Relief

If a customer pays the basic rate of tax, they cannot claim further tax relief on the payments
higher rate of tax, they can claim higher rate relief on the payments by entering the donations in the gift aid box on their self assessment tax return. Customer’s who receive a form P810 can declare their gift aid payments on it.

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