OFFICERS' MESS RAF SHAWBURY

Registered charity 1129848 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Officers Mess assists in providing the Royal Air Force personnel with the necessary skills to carry out their contribution to the Defence of the UK. The mess is established for the benefit of Service Personnel to promote military efficiency which underpins esprit de corps and team working to face challenges and dangers associated with military service.

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Latest income

£116k

Latest spending

£114k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £1,897 and excellent liquidity, holding circa £85,000 in net funds readily realisable. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were approximately £91,800, which exceeds the stated operating reserves policy target of £7,000. The charity maintains sufficient investments to cover its contingent liability/endowment of £35,325.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of recurrently committed expenditure (held: £92k)

“Reserves of £7,000.00 have been set aside, which is the value of approximately 2 months' worth of recurrently committed expenditure.”

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

Patrick Alexander Durnin · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£116k	£114k
30/06/2024	£127k	£124k
30/06/2023	£115k	£106k
30/06/2022	£130k	£144k
30/06/2021	£53k	£38k

Common questions

Is OFFICERS' MESS RAF SHAWBURY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £1,897 and excellent liquidity, holding circa £85,000 in net funds readily realisable. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were approximately £91,800, which exceeds the stated operating reserves policy target of £7,000. The charity maintains sufficient investments to cover its contingent liability/endowment of £35,325. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OFFICERS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY.

OFFICERS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY income £217k
OFFICERS' MESS RAF BENSON income £168k
ROYAL AIR FORCE HIGH WYCOMBE OFFICERS' MESS income £313k
RAF MARHAM OFFICERS' MESS income £133k
SERGEANTS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY income £256k
SERGEANTS' MESS RAF BENSON income £120k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OFFICERS' MESS RAF SHAWBURY	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OFFICERS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY FY2025	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OFFICERS' MESS RAF BENSON FY2025	£168k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL AIR FORCE HIGH WYCOMBE OFFICERS' MESS FY2025	£313k	—	above	—	no doubt
RAF MARHAM OFFICERS' MESS FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SERGEANTS' MESS RAF CONINGSBY FY2025	£256k	—	above	—	no doubt

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