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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

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 by rental income and profits on property disposals. Although the charity holds free reserves of £0.2M, which is below its stated minimum policy target of £0.5M, the trustees consider the financial position healthy due to continued institutional support from the parent charity and positive cash flow forecasts.

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.

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)

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 4.8 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 (5.2%) (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 BENEVOLENT FUND.

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £27.7m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £2.4m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND income £409k
• The British Airways Benevolent Fund income £120k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE CENTRAL FUND income £6.6m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION - CORPORATE BODY income £21.6m

Side by side with its peers

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