YORK HOUSE OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL

Registered charity 1129828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

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Latest income

£242k

Latest spending

£219k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £6,408 for the year, with total income of £98,349 and expenditure of £92,557. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £449,286, which the trustees consider sufficient given the charity's role as a grant-making entity with few operational or staff commitments.

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: £449k)

“The Royal Air Force Cranwell York House 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	£105k	£126k
31/05/2023	£134k	£135k
31/05/2022	£87k	£81k
31/05/2021	£55k	£27k

Common questions

Is YORK HOUSE OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £6,408 for the year, with total income of £98,349 and expenditure of £92,557. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £449,286, which the trustees consider sufficient given the charity's role as a grant-making entity with few operational or staff commitments. 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
DAEDALUS OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL income £165k
RAF WADDINGTON OFFICERS MESS income £333k
RAF WADDINGTON WARRANT OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS MESS income £302k
RAF ODIHAM WOS' AND SNCOS' MESS income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YORK HOUSE OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL	£242k	—	above	—	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
DAEDALUS OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL FY2025	£165k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RAF WADDINGTON OFFICERS MESS FY2025	£333k	—	below	—	no doubt
RAF WADDINGTON WARRANT OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS MESS FY2025	£302k	—	above	42500.0%	no doubt

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