COLLEGE HALL OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL

Registered charity 1129825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

This fund was established for the benefit of service personnel to promote military efficiency.

Causes: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£242k

Latest spending

£219k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £155,849 for the year ended 31 May 2025, primarily driven by the transfer of heritage assets with a carrying value of £176,924. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £528,504 and maintains a low level of reserves due to its role as a grant-making charity with few operational or staff commitments. The trustees confirm there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: low level of reserve (held: £529k)

“The Royal Air Force Cranwell College Hall OACTU Officers’ Mess Funds needs a low level of reserve due to its role as a grant making charity and having few operational or staff commitments.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Wg Cdr Matthew Thornton · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£242k	£219k
31/05/2024	£271k	£279k
31/05/2023	£288k	£346k
31/05/2022	£412k	£385k
31/05/2021	£146k	£129k

Common questions

Is COLLEGE HALL OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a loss of £155,849 for the year ended 31 May 2025, primarily driven by the transfer of heritage assets with a carrying value of £176,924. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £528,504 and maintains a low level of reserves due to its role as a grant-making charity with few operational or staff commitments. The trustees confirm there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARRANT OFFICER'S & SNCO'S MESS RAF CRANWELL.

WARRANT OFFICER'S & SNCO'S MESS RAF CRANWELL income £136k
YORK HOUSE OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL income £242k
DAEDALUS OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL income £165k
OFFICERS' MESS RAF BENSON income £168k
OFFICERS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY income £217k
RAF MARHAM OFFICERS' MESS income £133k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COLLEGE HALL OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL	£242k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WARRANT OFFICER'S & SNCO'S MESS RAF CRANWELL FY2025	£136k	—	above	—	no doubt
YORK HOUSE OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL FY2025	£242k	—	above	—	no doubt
DAEDALUS OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL FY2025	£165k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OFFICERS' MESS RAF BENSON FY2025	£168k	—	above	—	no doubt
OFFICERS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY FY2025	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.