THE ROYAL AIR FORCE RUGBY UNION

Registered charity 1133022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE RAF RUGBY UNION PROMOTES THE EFFICIENCY OF HM FORCES BY INCREASING PHYSICAL FITNESS, FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS AND RAISING MORALE OF MEMBERS OF THE RAF AND OTHER SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY MEANS OF LIMITATION), THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE PLAYING OF, FURTHERANCE OF ITS PROPER ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RUGBY UNION.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF HER MAJESTY'S ARMED FORCES BY INCREASING PHYSICAL FITNESS, FOSTERING THE ESPRIT DE CORPS AND RAISING MORALE OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND OTHER SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION), THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE PLAYING OF, FURTHERANCE OF ITS PROPER ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £138,266 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £358,330 to £220,064. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted reserves of £220,064 are significantly above the stated minimum operating reserve target of £30,000, providing a buffer against income volatility.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Air Marshal Paul Alexander Godfreychair
• Air Cdre Jonathan Blythe Crawford
• Air Cdre Mark George Jackson
• Air Commodore James Thompson
• Air Vice Marshal Mark William James Chappell
• Air Vice Marshall Paul Michael Rose RAF · trustee of 1 other charity
• Erica Jane Ferguson
• Jonathan Andrew Latimer MSc
• Wg Cdr Andrew John Shaw

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 AIR FORCE CENTRAL FUND.

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE CENTRAL FUND income £6.6m
• ROYAL AIR FORCE SMALL ARMS ASSOCIATION income £216k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £229k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE CLUB income £13.1m
• ROYAL NAVY RUGBY UNION income £647k
• UKAF RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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