The Royal Aeronautical Society Awards Trust

Analysis

The Royal Aeronautical Society Awards Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Aeronautical Society Awards Trust reported income of £76k and spending of £25k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £58k to £76k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Royal Aeronautical Society Awards Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chuter Ede Primary School Fund (£76k), The Friends of Bishop Gilpin (£76k) and Cylch Meithrin Chwilog (£76k).