DAEDALUS OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL

Registered charity 1129827 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

Causes: Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£165k

Latest spending

£170k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,066 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £476,036 to £470,970. The trustees confirm the fund is a going concern and holds a low level of reserves due to its role as a grant-making charity with few operational commitments. The charity's principal sources of funds are subscriptions from members and bar trading, with no stated reserves policy target.

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: £433k)

“The Royal Air Force Cranwell Daedalus 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	£165k	£170k
31/05/2024	£197k	£200k
31/05/2023	£202k	£191k
31/05/2022	£202k	£194k
31/05/2021	£76k	£62k

Common questions

Is DAEDALUS OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,066 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £476,036 to £470,970. The trustees confirm the fund is a going concern and holds a low level of reserves due to its role as a grant-making charity with few operational commitments. The charity's principal sources of funds are subscriptions from members and bar trading, with no stated reserves policy target. 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
COLLEGE HALL OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL income £242k
YORK HOUSE OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL income £242k
OFFICERS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY income £217k
OFFICERS' MESS RAF BENSON income £168k
SERGEANTS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY income £256k

Side by side with its peers

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

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