Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) Officers' Mess

Analysis

Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) Officers' Mess is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) Officers' Mess reported income of £198k and spending of £192k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £48k to £198k (+315%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 281%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) Officers' Mess sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Litcham and District Playgroup (£198k), Hatfield Heath Pre-School Association (£198k) and Bishopdown Farm Community Pre-School and Farm Friends (£198k).