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Description
(a) Providing relief and assistance to past and present members of the Royal Air Force and their dependants who are in need as a result of poverty, disability, sickness, infirmity or otherwise.(b) enhancing the morale and well being of serving members of the Royal Air Force(c)Maintaining the RAF war memorial on the Victoria embankment, London.
Also known as
- Douglas Turner Benefaction
- Francis McNally Education Fund
- Frere Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Fulmer Fund
- The Gulf Trust (RAF)
- Hector Pilling RAF Memorial Fund
- Mrs H M Jerham Memorial Fund
- The Newton Driver Memorial Fund
- RAF Benevolent Fund
- The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
- The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Educational Endowment Fund
- The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Educational Expendable Fund
- The Royal Air Force Officers' Wives' Fund
- Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
...and 4 other names
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
W1B 1AR
Website
Domain
rafbf.org.uk
Latest income
£23,853,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- Argentina
- Austria
- Australia
- Belgium
- Canada
- Chile
- Cyprus
- Germany
- Spain
- France
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- India
- Jamaica
- Monaco
- Malta
- Mexico
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
- Philippines
- Poland
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United States
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1081009 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Family services
D14
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Armed forces
AF» RAFAF103 -
Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Heritage
HR» Monuments; statues and memorialsHR104 -
Social welfare
SW» Benevolent SocietySW101 -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
Disability
104 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Accommodation/housing
107 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109 -
Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
114 -
Other Charitable Purposes
117
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309 -
Other Charitable Activities
310
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000-06-02 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-12-31 | 14,844,341 | 17,161,799 |
| 2005-12-31 | 19,750,000 | 20,005,000 |
| 2006-12-31 | 21,670,000 | 19,936,000 |
| 2007-12-31 | 19,166,000 | 21,295,000 |
| 2008-12-31 | 19,054,000 | 22,101,000 |
| 2009-12-31 | 17,689,000 | 24,257,000 |
| 2010-12-31 | 18,372,000 | 27,053,000 |
| 2011-12-31 | 17,910,000 | 29,574,000 |
| 2012-12-31 | 17,301,000 | 25,429,000 |
| 2013-12-31 | 19,253,000 | 21,871,000 |
| 2014-12-31 | 21,675,000 | 22,215,000 |
| 2015-12-31 | 24,214,000 | 22,638,000 |
| 2016-12-31 | 23,352,000 | 22,532,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 27,151,000 | 24,684,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 22,524,000 | 26,637,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 21,939,000 | 33,993,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 19,138,000 | 31,135,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 25,528,000 | 22,359,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 23,853,000 | 22,484,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 109 | 117 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 12 | 20 |
| Volunteers | 104 | 95 |
| Trustees | 13 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
GB-CHC-1081009Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Legacies | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 16.3 | 15.7 |
| Income from charitable activities | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Income from other trading activities | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Income from investments | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Other income | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| Total | 23.9 | 25.5 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Other spending on raising funds | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| Spending on raising funds | 5.0 | 4.7 |
| Grants to institutions | 4.6 | 3.0 |
| Other charitable activities | 12.9 | 14.7 |
| Charitable activities | 17.5 | 17.7 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 22.5 | 22.4 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 1.4 | 3.2 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 34.6 | 36.8 |
| Investment assets | 71.6 | 83.1 |
| 106.2 | 119.9 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 13.5 | 7.4 |
| Other current assets | 10.0 | 10.6 |
| 23.5 | 18.1 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (2.6) | (2.6) |
| Net current assets | 20.9 | 15.5 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 127.2 | 135.4 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets (excluding pension scheme) | 127.2 | 135.4 |
| Defined benefit pension scheme | (3.1) | (13.5) |
| Net assets (including pension scheme) | 124.1 | 122.0 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | 6.0 | 6.9 |
| Restricted funds | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| Unrestricted funds | 113.0 | 109.2 |
| 124.1 | 122.0 | |
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 43,000 | 34,000 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Number of government grants | 1 | 1 |
Received 15 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Foundation Scotland
David and Averil Macdonald Fund (Parent Programme) |
£2,500
2 months |
Supporting Young People in the RAF Family
Oct 2023 to Dec 2023 |
||
|
Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Charities (Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust) |
£27,236 | Covenant Fund | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Charities (Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust) |
£9,894 | Covenant Fund | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
HMT/AFCFT fund for Afghan veterans |
£430,832 | OVA Afghanistan Veterans' Fund | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Charities (Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust) |
£9,120 | Covenant Fund | ||
| The Grocers' Charity | £1,226 | 2021 - RAF Benevolent Fund | ||
|
Foundation Scotland
ScotRail (Abellio) Employee |
£250
1 month |
Grant to RAF Benevolent Fund
Aug 2020 to Sep 2020 |
||
|
Ministry of Defence
COVID19 Impact Fund |
£158,500 | Covid-19 Impact Fund | ||
|
Scottish Government
Wellbeing Fund - Open call - Round 2 |
£25,000
4.459016393442623 months |
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
Mar 2020 to Jul 2020 |
||
|
Ministry of Defence
Defence - LIBOR Grants awarded by the Chancellor FY18/19 |
£1,000,000 | Financial Assistance/Support |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (11 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Foundation Scotland (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Grocers' Charity (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
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