OSCR Scottish charity profile

Royal Air Forces Association Edinburgh, Lothian & Borders Branch

ActiveCharity number SC009110
Registered8 April 1952
Main locationMidlothian
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC009110
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
EH11 3DF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We are fully committed to building a connected, empowered, and resilient RAF community. We will leave no stone unturned in pursuit of this goal, working with all who share our vision to help the RAF community face life’s challenges, offering hope, courage, and practical support every step of the way.

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

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
27 March 2026£7,569£9,359029 May 2026
27 March 2025£7,045£8,734014 June 2025
27 March 2024£11,493£9,764028 March 2024
27 March 2023£2,925£4,700027 March 2023
27 March 2022£8,222£8,768029 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
64 Stenhouse Avenue, Edinburgh
Website supplied to OSCR
www.edinburghrafa.org.uk
Parent charity
Royal Air Forces Association · 226686

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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