RAF Benson Junior Ranks Welfare Fund

Analysis

RAF Benson Junior Ranks Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallingford. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, RAF Benson Junior Ranks Welfare Fund reported income of £30k and spending of £41k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £51k to £30k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, RAF Benson Junior Ranks Welfare Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% 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 3 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers President of the Regimental Institute (£30k), Ellesmere Port Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps (£30k) and Household Cavalry Regiment President of the Regimental Institution (Pri) (£26k).