ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION FORMBY BRANCH

Registered charity 1078906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Welfare of serving and ex-serving Air Force people and their dependants,and provision for gatherings to offer Comrade ship and and to present updated information and opportunities for sharing information and to enjoy one another'scompany.

Objects

AS PER RAFA (226686)

Area of benefit: FORMBY, MERSEYSIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the branch held unrestricted reserves of £1,143,311 as of 31 December 2024, derived primarily from investment income. The trustees maintain a reserve policy targeting two years of estimated expenditure (£20,000 to £25,000), a target significantly exceeded by the current balance. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts accord with the accounting records and no material matters required disclosure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• David McGregorchair
• Alan Smith HWO
• David Williams
• June Sefton
• Les Meadows
• Robert Anderton

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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