01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC006781
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- A specific local point, community or neighbourhood
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 0
- Postcode
- IV31 6BY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
The Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) is a British registered charity providing care & support to serving & retired members of the RAF & Air Forces of the British Commonwealth & their dependents. RAFA's aims are to help sustain a resilient, empowered RAF community, including Serving personnel, Veterans & their families. We aim to reduce social loneliness & isolation through contact by helping all generations to remain active, thriving & valued members of their local community. RAFA HQ is in Leicester, with RAFA Branches across the UK & Overseas. RAFA Moray Branch Committee & Members meet each month at the Ex-Servicemen's Club in Elgin with Minutes recorded. Every year, RAFA Branches, organise a Wings Appeal to raise funds from Sales & Public Donations at various locations i.e. supermarkets / fayres across Moray. Funds collected are banked & transferred to RAFA HQ. The Governing Document is reviewed each year at the AGM & Annual Conference & any changes notified to branches.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The object for which the Association is established is to promote, through the comradeship engendered by its members, the welfare by charitable means of all serving and former members of Our Air Forces, their spouses and dependants, together with the widows and widowers and dependants of those who died whilst serving or subsequently.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £7,645 | £11,121 | 0 | 19 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £6,165 | £5,648 | 0 | 11 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £7,424 | £6,881 | 0 | 9 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £5,568 | £4,762 | 0 | 13 March 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £3,132 | £2,735 | 0 | 18 March 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Briar Rose, 52 James Street, Lossiemouth, Moray
- Website supplied to OSCR
- Not supplied
- Parent charity
- Royal Air Forces Association · SC037673
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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