THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - CORPORATE BODY

Registered charity 226686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RAFA, THE RAF ASSOCIATION

Latest income

£21.6m

Latest spending

£22.2m

Registered

1963

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£21.6m

Total spending

£22.2m

Cost of raising funds

£2.5m

Reserves (reported)

£13.3m

Employees

573

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (31/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (28/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (30/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (30/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Air Vice Marshal Alastair Reidchair
Air Cdre Lee Turner
Air Marshal Sir Barry Mark North
Lucinda Eggleton
MARK NEAL
Marion Frances Wells
Raymond Hall MBE
Sally Munday
Sheila Bailey · trustee of 1 other charity
Simon Arnett · trustee of 1 other charity
Sqn Ldr Micah Aopare
WO Murugesvaran Subramaniam
Wg Cdr Richard Anthony Youngs · trustee of 1 other charity
Wilbert Mulders

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

Operates in: Australia · Barbados · Belgium · Cyprus · Falkland Islands · France · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Guernsey · Hong Kong · Ireland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£21.6m	£22.2m
31/12/2023	£16.2m	£17.7m
31/12/2022	£12.6m	£15.9m
31/12/2021	£12.5m	£14.4m
31/12/2020	£13.9m	£17.2m

Common questions

Who funds THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - CORPORATE BODY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - CORPORATE BODY as a grant recipient include QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST, THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY, THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL WANTAGE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST	FY2025	£25k
THE HELEN JEAN COPE CHARITY	FY2025	£5k
THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL WANTAGE	FY2022	£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/05/2014	£3k	"Battle of Britain Parade"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/03/2014	£9k	"Battle of the Atlantic Commemorative Plaque"