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Description
The provision of welfare support to members of the Royal Air Forces community. The Association's welfare activities include the operation of three respite care homes, provision of sheltered housing, assistance for individuals in welfare need, support to the serving RAF through contributions to Contact Houses and Internet Cafes.
Also known as
- Knighton & District Royal Air Force Association
- Lady Peck Bequest
- RAF Association
- The RAF Association
- RAF Association
- RAF Association Lunch Club
- RAF Families Federation (RAFFF)
- Rafa
- The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body
- Royal Air Forces Association
- The Royal Air Forces Association
- The Royal Air Forces Association - Royston Branch
- The Royal Air Forces Association - Solihull Branch
- Royal Air Forces Association Greater Manchester Region
- The Royal Air Forces Association Leigh
- Royal Air Forces Association Yorkshire Eastern Region
- Royal Air Forces Association, Rotherham Branch
- Royal Air Forces Association, Stockton and Thornaby Branch.
...and 8 other names
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Postcode
LE3 1UT
Website
Domain
rafa.org.uk
Latest income
£12,558,000 (on )
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Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- Australia
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Germany
- Spain
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- France
- Guernsey
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- New Zealand
- United States
- South Africa
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 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
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An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
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Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body
GB-CHC-226686Themes and activities
Back to contentsThis 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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Other individual and family services
D19
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Armed forces
AF» RAFAF103 -
Associations
AS -
Housing
HO» AccommodationHO101 -
Social care
SC» Residential careSC106 -
Social care
SC» RespiteSC108
Theme (CCEW)
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The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
Accommodation/housing
107
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Services
306
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body
GB-CHC-226686Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-11-01 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-12-31 | 8,107,362 | 8,255,024 |
| 2005-12-31 | 11,639,936 | 8,778,552 |
| 2006-12-31 | 9,905,099 | 8,361,062 |
| 2007-12-31 | 11,333,948 | 8,330,568 |
| 2008-12-31 | 10,130,246 | 8,688,081 |
| 2009-12-31 | 9,467,687 | 7,839,502 |
| 2010-12-31 | 10,292,416 | 8,389,631 |
| 2011-12-31 | 8,529,024 | 8,096,029 |
| 2012-12-31 | 9,484,000 | 7,994,000 |
| 2013-12-31 | 8,839,000 | 7,645,000 |
| 2014-12-31 | 9,644,000 | 7,524,000 |
| 2015-12-31 | 9,846,000 | 9,865,000 |
| 2016-12-31 | 12,852,000 | 11,740,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 14,496,000 | 14,102,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 15,619,000 | 14,716,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 16,236,000 | 17,209,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 13,922,000 | 17,240,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 12,506,000 | 14,354,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 12,558,000 | 15,913,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 157 | 157 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 9 | 9 |
| Volunteers | 2,700 | 3,250 |
| Trustees | 15 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body
GB-CHC-226686Statement 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 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| Legacies | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| Income from charitable activities | 6.4 | 4.5 |
| Income from other trading activities | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Income from investments | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Other income | 2.8 | - |
| Total | 12.6 | 12.5 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Other spending on raising funds | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Spending on raising funds | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 13.9 | 12.7 |
| Charitable activities | 13.9 | 12.7 |
| Other spending | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 15.9 | 14.4 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (3.4) | (1.8) |
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 | 6.3 | 7.3 |
| Investment assets | 21.6 | 25.4 |
| 27.9 | 32.7 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | 0.6 |
| Cash | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| Other current assets | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| 3.7 | 5.3 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (4.0) | (4.1) |
| Net current assets | (0.2) | 1.2 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 27.7 | 33.8 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (0.3) | (0.3) |
| Net assets | 27.4 | 33.6 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| Unrestricted funds | 25.2 | 31.2 |
| 27.4 | 33.6 | |
The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body
GB-CHC-226686Income from government
Back to contents| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 461,710 | 461,710 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| Number of government contracts | 1 | 1 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 123 | 397,552 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 0.0% | 3.2% |
| Number of government grants | 1 | 3 |
Received 30 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Charities (Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust) |
£35,000 | Covenant Fund | ||
| Co-operative Group | £2,426 | Grant to RAF Association Lunch Club | ||
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
£100,000 | Coronavirus Community Support Fund | ||
|
Department of Health and Social Care
Mobile Military Families Study: Impact on Health Care |
£10,000 | RAF Families Federation (RAFFF) | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
COVID19 Impact Fund |
£93,750 | Covid-19 Impact Fund | ||
|
Scottish Government
Wellbeing Fund - Open call - Round 1 |
£25,382 | Royal Air Forces Association | ||
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Foundation Scotland
Response Recovery and Resilience (CLOSED) |
£5,000 | Grant to Royal Air Forces Association | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
ALB - Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - 19/20 |
£17,123 | HMT - Veterans' Community Centres | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
ALB - Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - 19/20 |
£27,987 | HMT - Veterans' Community Centres | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
ALB - Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - 19/20 |
£23,418 | HMT - Veterans' Community Centres |
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 (13 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Co-operative Group (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Foundation Scotland (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (11 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body
GB-CHC-226686Services regulated by the Care Quality Commission
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(id: 1-101649524)
CQC Provider: The RAF Association (RAFA)
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