ROYAL AIR FORCE SPORT AIRCRAFT

Registered charity 1184646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAF SPORT AIRCRAFT, RAFSA

Support to RAF Flying Clubs/Schools through provision of General Aviation within the RAF

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE MILITARY EFFICIENCY OF HER MAJESTY'S ARMED FORCES IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO: (A)FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS; (B) RAISING MORALE;(C)DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING MENTAL RESILIENCE; OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE; AND(D)ENCOURAGING AIRMANSHIP, AIR-MINDEDNESS AND AVIATION SAFETY AWARENESS AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE DEFENCE OF THE REALM.IN PARTICULAR, (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION), THE TRUSTEES MAY FURTHER THE OBJECT THROUGH ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THE PARTICIPATION IN, AND PROVISION OF OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR, FLYING AND FLYING TRAINING IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Kesteven, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £5,397 for the year ended 31 December 2024, a significant improvement from the £15,236 deficit in the prior year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £64,020, with total cash reserves at £109,354. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate and no material matters requiring attention were identified by the independent examiner.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 17/12/2023, 47 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Hallchair
• AVM Mark Phelps OBE
• Air Marshal Mark Robert Flewin
• Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper KBE FRAeS
• Benjamin James Alexander Polwin
• Carl Jenkins MEng
• Charlotte Deschenes
• David Taudevin
• Humphrey John Wakeham-Dawson
• Luke Bowman
• Sqn Ldr Gavin Pitson
• Squadron Leader CHRISTOPHER MARTIN HIVES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wing Commander GARY PAUL COLEMAN

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 BENEVOLENT FUND.

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £2.4m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £229k
• ROYAL AIR FORCE SAILING ASSOCIATION income £170k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - CORPORATE BODY income £29.0m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND income £409k
• ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSIC CHARITABLE TRUST income £46k

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