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Royal Air Forces Association Formby Branch

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1078906MerseysideGrant-making and general purposes
Income£30k2025-12-31
Spending£21ksame year
Spent / received114%5-year average
Size in its cause63rd pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2000Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Royal Air Forces Association Formby Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Air Forces Association Formby Branch reported income of £30k and spending of £21k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £30k (+1.5%), an average of +0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Royal Air Forces Association Formby Branch sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Golden Charitable Trust (£30k), Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon Trust Fund (£30k) and The John Runge Charitable Trust (£30k).

Income and spending

£0£19k£37k£56k£74k2021 Income: £29,1962021 Spending: £74,08220212022 Income: £25,8642022 Spending: £11,00120222023 Income: £28,5612023 Spending: £34,49120232024 Income: £28,8682024 Spending: £20,49020242025 Income: £29,6462025 Spending: £21,4592025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Welfare of serving and ex-serving Air Force people and their dependants,and provision for gatherings to offer Comrade ship and and to present updated information and opportunities for sharing information and to enjoy one another'scompany.

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Golden Charitable TrustSouthwold£30k
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The John Runge Charitable TrustMiddlesex£30k
Ryklow Charitable Trust 1992Cardiff£30k