01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC037673
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 573
- Postcode
- LE3 1UT
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
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
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- 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 2024 | £21,646,000 | £22,178,000 | 573 | 29 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £16,231,000 | £17,695,000 | 573 | 25 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £12,558,000 | £15,913,000 | 573 | 22 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £12,506,000 | £14,354,000 | 573 | 28 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £13,922,000 | £17,240,000 | 573 | 22 September 2021 |
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
- RAF Association Headquarters, Atlas House, 41 Wembley Road, Leicester
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.rafa.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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