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The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1081009 .
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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
  • ...and 4 other names
  • 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

CCEW Charity number

1081009

Company number

ZC000201

Registered

Postcode

W1B 1AR

Website

rafbf.org

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.

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

GB-CHC-1081009

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

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

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

GB-CHC-1081009

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1081009 .
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.

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

GB-CHC-1081009

Themes and activities

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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.

  • Family services D14

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Armed forces AF » RAF AF103
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
  • Heritage HR » Monuments; statues and memorials HR104
  • Social welfare SW » Benevolent Society SW101
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Theme (CCEW)

  • 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)

  • 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

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

GB-CHC-1081009

Grants received

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Received 13 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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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
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
Ministry of Defence
Defence - Charitable donations from LIBOR
£2,000,000 Financial Assistance/Support
Ministry of Defence
Defence - Aged Veterans Fund
£58,221 Supporting delivery of a public service

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

GB-CHC-1081009

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