ARMY AIR CORPS CHARITY

Registered charity 1184333 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PURPOSE OF THE ARMY AIR CORPS CHARITY IS TO PROVIDE THE PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL MEANS WHEREBY THE ARMY AIR CORPS CAN DISCHARGE ITS CHARITABLE OBLIGATIONS TO PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE CORPS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF HER MAJESTY'S ARMY AND PARTICULARLY THE CORPS IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE; AND (2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE (A) IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND (B) ARE SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CORPS, THE CHILDREN OR DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS, OR CHILDREN OR DEPENDANTS OF SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CORPS WHO HAVE DIED ("THE BENEFICIARIES").

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Test Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £203,396, which the Trustees deem adequate to meet current demands despite being a conservative figure. The charity relies principally on investment income to fund its activities, with voluntary contributions from the serving community identified as a risk due to potential reductions in workforce numbers. The Trustees maintain a policy of retaining invested funds to mitigate against inflation and increased demand, noting that an irreducible minimum of £6mn in investments is required to run the charity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. 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
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~187.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colonel Edward Jonathon Butterworthchair
• Captain Robert Draper
• Col Ret'd Alexander Vivian Tucker
• Colonel James Francis Peycke OBE
• Colonel Penelope Susan Kitson
• Colonel Timothy William Joe Pittaway MBE
• Colonel Toby Moore MBE
• Harriet James
• Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brunwin
• Major Hannah Rachel Mathers
• SSgt Katie-Leigh Carter

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

Operates in: Brunei · Canada · Northern Ireland · Scotland · 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 ROYAL AIR FORCE SMALL ARMS ASSOCIATION.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE SMALL ARMS ASSOCIATION income £243k
• ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED income £1.1m
• Air Cadet Charity CIO income £1.4m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £27.7m
• CHARITIES IN CONNECTION WITH ROYAL ARMY PAY CORPS income £135k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - CORPORATE BODY income £29.0m

Side by side with its peers

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