ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSIC CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1101767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote welfare funding through the performance of live music by Royal Air Force musicians.

Objects

TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND THE APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS AND TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF SERVING AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THEIR DEPENDANTS THROUGH DONATIONS TO OTHER ROYAL AIR FORCE CHARITIES, AND BY SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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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Registered contact address: Newark and Sherwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (cash funds) decreased from £29,112 to £27,838, resulting in a net deficit of £1,274 for the year. The trustees note that despite a significant reduction in concert income, the charity maintained its grant-making activities and has sufficient funds to consider a similar programme of concerts in 2026.

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 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — RAF Music Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN BAIGENT
• MALCOLM GOODMAN MBE
• Rohan Moonesinghe
• SALLY ANN GOODMAN

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL CORPS OF ARMY MUSIC TRUST.

• THE ROYAL CORPS OF ARMY MUSIC TRUST income £159k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £2.4m
• ROYAL AIR FORCE SPORT AIRCRAFT income £49k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND income £409k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £27.7m
• MUSEUM OF ARMY MUSIC income £57k

Side by side with its peers

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