01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC044299
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Scotland and other parts of the UK
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 17
- Postcode
- SL72EY
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
Constitutional objectives
2.1 The objects for which the charity is established, for the public benefit, are:- 2.1.1 To benefit generally the members or former members of the Royal Air Force and their dependents, including those who are also Members of the Charity, in such charitable ways as the Trustees think fit. 2.1.2 To promote the efficiency of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces in such charitable ways as the trustees think fit particularly (but not by way of limitation) through encouraging and facilitating the playing of, and participation in, and the provision of or assisting in the provision of facilities for, sport in the Royal Air Force with particular reference to: (a) Increasing physical fitness. (b) Fostering the espirit de corps. and (c) Raising morale Of the members of the Royal Air Force.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £6,639,218 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £3,701,741 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 30 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £5,924,771 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,504,179 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 27 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £4,442,322 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,649,530 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 26 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £4,166,890 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,628,905 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 27 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £5,137,842 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £4,243,590 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 17 | 21 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 Central Fund Danesfield, Henley Road, Medmenham, Marlow, Bucks
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.rafcf.org.uk
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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