Royal Air Force Sailing Association

Analysis

Royal Air Force Sailing Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07030163). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Air Force Sailing Association reported income of £170k and spending of £199k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £145k to £170k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Royal Air Force Sailing Association sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 The East Leake Playing Field Charity (£170k), Newton-Le-Willows Football Club (£170k) and The Stones Community Trust (£170k).

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.