College Hall Officers' Mess RAF Cranwell

Analysis

College Hall Officers' Mess RAF Cranwell is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. 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, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, College Hall Officers' Mess RAF Cranwell reported income of £242k and spending of £219k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £146k to £242k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 181%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, College Hall Officers' Mess RAF Cranwell sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society of Evidence Based Policing (£238k), Warrant Officers' & Sergeants' Mess RAF Cosford (£253k) and The Officers' Mess, Joint Service Command and Staff College (JSCSC), Shrivenham (£224k).