THE RAF BENEVOLENT FUND HOUSING TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 264636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of housing for RAF personnel who face medical retirement from the RAF following a serious disabling accident or illness, and for the families of those who die whilst serving

Objects

TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND IN ITS CHARITABLE WORK AND IN PARTICULAR TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE FUND BY PURCHASING OWNING TAKING ON LEASE AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE OR THE WIDOWS OR THE WIDOWS OR OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS WHO ARE IN NEED PARTICULARLY OF ACCOMMODATION WHETHER THROUGH ILLNESS DISABLEMENT 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.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1.4M for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by profits on property disposals. However, the charity holds free reserves of £0.2M, which is below its stated policy target of £0.5M (six months of operating costs). The charity relies on continued institutional support and interest-free finance from its parent charity, The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, to maintain going concern status despite a net current liability position.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01058896

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo — “With over £1.5 million provided to us in the last decade, we are deeply grateful for their substantial grants, which will be dedicated to en…” (source page)
• 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)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PORTER, Alan Fraser — director, appointed 25/03/2025on trustee list
• HARPER, Simon, Air Commodore — director, appointed 28/03/2023on trustee list
• AYLMER, Patrick Anthony Richard — director, appointed 01/07/2021on trustee list
• ROGERS, Emrys — director, appointed 03/08/2020on trustee list
• DAVIS, Sarah-Jane Louise — director, appointed 01/06/2020on trustee list
• ELLIOT, Christina Reid, Air Vice Marshal — director, appointed 20/04/2020on trustee list
• AKINBORO, Victoria Olufunke — director, appointed 28/10/2015on trustee list
• AKINBORO, Victoria Olufunke — secretary, appointed 22/10/2021

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~106.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (63% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/08/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Air Commodore Simon Harper
• Air Vice-Marshal Christina Reid Elliot
• Alan Porter
• EMRYS ROGERS
• Patrick Anthony Richard Aylmer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah-Jane Louise Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• VICTORIA Akinboro

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND.

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND income £409k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £27.7m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £2.4m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - CORPORATE BODY income £29.0m
• Army Benevolent Fund income £13.7m
• THE ARMY DEPENDANTS' TRUST income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.