The Officers' Mess RAF Boscombe Down

Analysis

The Officers' Mess RAF Boscombe Down is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wilts. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Officers' Mess RAF Boscombe Down reported income of £96k and spending of £101k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £45k to £96k (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Officers' Mess RAF Boscombe Down 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 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spottiswoode Memorial Hall, Otherwise the War and Spottiswoode Memorial Hall (£96k), Land Forces HQ (£96k) and Abbey Wood Community Group (£96k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.