RAF Honington Officers' Mess

Analysis

RAF Honington Officers' Mess is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St. Edmunds. It was registered in August 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, RAF Honington Officers' Mess reported income of £174k and spending of £164k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £46k to £174k (+280%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, RAF Honington Officers' Mess sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bradford Hate Crime Alliance (£174k), Pri 216 Parachute Signal Squadron (£175k) and Community Connections (£174k).