01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 16 March 2015
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £1,108,567
- Latest expenditure
- £1,033,199
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: ROYAL AIR FORCE, CRANWELL, SLEAFORD, NG34 8HB
Website recorded by the regulator: www.aircadetcharity.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The charity supports charitable purposes for the benefit of cadets and personnel of the Air Training Corps by providing grants and funding for activities that fall within the following categories and align to the RAF Air Cadets vision: Aviation, Adventure training, Exploiting technology, Immersive training, Enhance education, Improve employability, Health and wellbeing, Welfare.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,108,567
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,033,199
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,186,455
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £692,031
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £961,337
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £517,653
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 December 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £792,817
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £438,480
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £51,247
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £392,087
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 19 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,108,567
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,033,199
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,186,455
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £692,031
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 15 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £961,337
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £517,653
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £792,817
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £438,480
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 26 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £51,247
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £392,087
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 6
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 19 November 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 976200
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 132367
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1108567
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,033,199
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1033199
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 775793
- Expenditure Governance
- 30200
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 241980
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 82168
- Gain Loss Investment
- 25801
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,913,133
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1768663
- Assets Own Use
- 99325
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1669338
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,551,254
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £141,900
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,178,017
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 141900
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,123,817
- Funds Endowment
- 401854
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4440926
- Funds Restricted
- 335237
- Funds Total
- 5178017
- Count Employees
- 2
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1037084
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 74935
- Income Investments
- 74436
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1186455
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £692,031
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 692031
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 168256
- Expenditure Governance
- 20423
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 39063
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 85921
- Gain Loss Investment
- 104694
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,625,601
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1822000
- Assets Own Use
- 178464
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1643536
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,275,754
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £20,906
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,076,848
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 20906
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,778,732
- Funds Endowment
- 401454
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4206100
- Funds Restricted
- 469294
- Funds Total
- 5076848
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 15 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 874663
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 62785
- Income Investments
- 20787
- Income Other
- 3102
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 961337
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £517,653
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 517653
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 120623
- Expenditure Governance
- 16190
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 9455
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 89307
- Gain Loss Investment
- -66455
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -90590
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,067,572
- Assets Total Fixed
- 888511
- Assets Own Use
- 264385
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 624126
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,602,016
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £12,797
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,477,730
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 12797
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £3,171,223
- Funds Endowment
- 392271
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3720240
- Funds Restricted
- 365219
- Funds Total
- 4477730
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 December 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 761546
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 15588
- Income Investments
- 15683
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 792817
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £438,480
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 438480
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 6500
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 6605
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 89761
- Gain Loss Investment
- 59014
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,592,645
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1045557
- Assets Own Use
- 354975
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 690582
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,064,883
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £9,939
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,100,501
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 9939
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £2,725,530
- Funds Endowment
- 430541
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3360192
- Funds Restricted
- 309768
- Funds Total
- 4100501
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Germany
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Cyprus
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Gibraltar
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 114
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 110
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Amateur Sport
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- Air Cadet Charity CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 3
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2016-06-04T00:00:00
- Reason
- Transfer of funds
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 3991030
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 256391
- Assoc Charity Name
- THE MALCOLM CLUB FUND FOR SCARMAN SCHOLARSHIPS
- Charity Name
- Air Cadet Charity CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 4
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2016-06-04T00:00:00
- Reason
- Funds transferred (incor)
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 256391
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 256391
- Assoc Charity Name
- THE AIR TRAINING CORPS GENERAL PURPOSES FUND
- Charity Name
- Air Cadet Charity CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2016-06-04T00:00:00
- Reason
- Transfer of funds
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 22301
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 256391
- Assoc Charity Name
- THE STAN EASTON MEMORIAL AWARD
- Charity Name
- Air Cadet Charity CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2015-03-16T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Mar 2015 as amended on 20 Dec 2022 as amended on 01 Dec 2023
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO CARRY ON SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF AIR TRAINING CORPS AND CADETS; AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 550892
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE AIR TRAINING CORPS GENERAL PURPOSES FUND CHARITABLE INCORPORATED TRUST CIO
- Charity Name Id
- 550893
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- AIR CADETS CORPS GENERAL PURPOSES FUND
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Risk management