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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-226686 .
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Description

The object for which the Association is established is to promote, through the comradeship engendered by its members, the welfare by charitable means of all serving and former members of Our Air Forces, their spouses and dependants, together with the widows and widowers and dependants of those who died whilst serving or subsequently.

Also known as

  • Rafa

OSCR Charity number

SC037673

Registered

Postcode

LE3 1UT

Website

rafa.org.uk

Latest income

£12,558,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download published by Office of Scottish Charity Regulator.

Royal Air Forces Association

GB-SC-SC037673

Locations

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Registered Office in the UK

Royal Air Forces Association

GB-SC-SC037673

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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 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-226686 .
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-SC gives the scheme for this identifier (Scottish Charity Register), while SC037673 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Royal Air Forces Association

GB-SC-SC037673

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

Activities (OSCR)

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Beneficiaries (OSCR)

  • Older people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups

Purposes (OSCR)

  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

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.

  • Other individual and family services D19

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Armed forces AF » RAF AF103
  • Associations AS
  • Beneficiary group BE » Widows; widowers and orphans BE112
  • Beneficiary group BE » Women BE113

Royal Air Forces Association

GB-SC-SC037673

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2006-12-15 Registered as a charity
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
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Royal Air Forces Association

GB-SC-SC037673

Grants received

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Received 30 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
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
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
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

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Royal Air Forces Association

GB-SC-SC037673

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Royal Air Forces Association

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