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Royal Air Force Music Charitable Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1101767NewarkArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£46k2025-12-31
Spending£48ksame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause68th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2004Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Royal Air Force Music Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newark. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Air Force Music Charitable Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £48k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £46k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Royal Air Force Music Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Village Church Farm (£46k), The Aubrey Singers (£46k) and 6th Ampthill and Woburn Scout Group (£46k).

Income and spending

£0£14k£29k£43k£57k2021 Income: £19,6082021 Spending: £19,00120212022 Income: £23,6012022 Spending: £34,26920222023 Income: £48,8652023 Spending: £45,24420232024 Income: £57,0522024 Spending: £56,60120242025 Income: £46,4682025 Spending: £47,7422025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To promote welfare funding through the performance of live music by Royal Air Force musicians.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Village Church FarmSkegness£46k
The Aubrey SingersLondon£46k
6th Ampthill and Woburn Scout GroupMilton Keynes£46k
Harby Village HallLeicestershire£46k