THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND

Registered charity 253492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND

The charity relieves immediate financial distress when a member, who must be Serving in the RAF, dies from whatever cause, by making grants to their nominated beneficiary.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE THROUGH THE RELIEF OF DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SERVING PERSONNEL IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY: (A) THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SUBSCRIBERS; (B) THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SERVING PERSONNEL.(2) THE TRUSTEE MAY ASSIST DEPENDANTS BY: (A) THE PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE GRANTS; AND (B) THE RELIEF OF DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR THE EFFECTS OF OLD AGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, LOANS, GIFTS, PENSIONS OR OTHERWISE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £7,704,071, which exceeds the stated policy target of £6,049,000. The charity reported a net operating surplus of £77,968 for the year, though total funds decreased due to an unrealised investment loss of £363,441.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wimbledon Foundation — “The RAF Benevolent Fund is delighted to announce that the Wimbledon Foundation has awarded a grant of £150,000 to support its Airplay youth …” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Abu Dhabi · Afghanistan · Ajman · Akrotiri · Aland Islands · Albania · Algeria · American Samoa · Andorra · Angola · Anguilla · Antarctica

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 £27.7m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £2.4m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE CENTRAL FUND income £6.6m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - CORPORATE BODY income £21.6m
• THE RAF BENEVOLENT FUND HOUSING TRUST LIMITED income £3.3m
• The British Airways Benevolent Fund income £120k

Side by side with its peers

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