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WARRANT OFFICERS' & SERGEANTS' MESS RAF COSFORD

Registered charity 1165243 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation of a mess for HM Armed Forces

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT (THE OBJECT) IS 'THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE EFFICIENCY AND WELL-BEING OF SERVICE PERSONNEL'.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Get email alerts

Latest income
£253k
Latest spending
£250k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £145,395, which the trustees note is 5.1 months of expenditure against a policy target of three months. Per the trustees' report, the charity achieved a revenue profit of £2.8k, although the Statement of Financial Activities shows a net movement in funds of a loss of £1,439 due to an unrealised investment loss of £4,070.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The Station Commander is trustee for the RAF Cosford Officers Mess, JRWF, and other banked funds.
“As Trustee of Service Funds at RAF Cosford the Stn Cdr also has responsibility for one other separately run Service Funds registered Charity, namely the RAF Cosford Officers Mess. She is also Trustee for the RAF Cosford JRWF and a number of other sport/society/welfare funds termed Banked Funds”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The examiner found that both function income and expenditure appeared to have been incorrectly adjusted by internal function subsidies, which were then incorrectly subject to Output Tax (VAT). The figures in the charity’s property book were found not to reconcile to the fixed asset balances shown in the charity’s nominal ledger.
“The examiner found that both function income and expenditure appeared to have been incorrectly adjusted by internal function subsidies, which were then incorrectly subject to Output Tax (VAT). The figures in the charity’s property book were found not to reconcile to the fixed asset balances shown in the charity’s nominal ledger.” — page 64
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£253k£250k
30/11/2024£210k£238k
30/11/2023£231k£241k
30/11/2022£211k£201k
30/11/2021£111k£100k

Common questions

Is WARRANT OFFICERS' & SERGEANTS' MESS RAF COSFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £145,395, which the trustees note is 5.1 months of expenditure against a policy target of three months. Per the trustees' report, the charity achieved a revenue profit of £2.8k, although the Statement of Financial Activities shows a net movement in funds of a loss of £1,439 due to an unrealised investment loss of £4,070. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.