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The Royal Air Force Rugby Union

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1133022Henley RoadOther charitable purposes
Income£248k2025-12-31
Spending£252ksame year
Spent / received117%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctOther charitable purposes
Registered2009Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Royal Air Force Rugby Union is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henley Road. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07024335). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Air Force Rugby Union reported income of £248k and spending of £252k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £157k to £248k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Royal Air Force Rugby Union sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% 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 The Chantry Centre (£246k), Sudbury & South Suffolk Citizens Advice (£249k) and Dementia First (£246k).

Income and spending

£0£83k£167k£250k£333k2021 Income: £157,3692021 Spending: £118,27820212022 Income: £265,8532022 Spending: £333,34920222023 Income: £203,4722023 Spending: £199,92620232024 Income: £135,1092024 Spending: £273,37520242025 Income: £247,5232025 Spending: £252,2232025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

THE RAF RUGBY UNION PROMOTES THE EFFICIENCY OF HM FORCES BY INCREASING PHYSICAL FITNESS, FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS AND RAISING MORALE OF MEMBERS OF THE RAF AND OTHER SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY MEANS OF LIMITATION), THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE PLAYING OF, FURTHERANCE OF ITS PROPER ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RUGBY UNION.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Chantry CentreDursley£246k
Sudbury & South Suffolk Citizens AdviceSuffolk£249k
Dementia FirstRedhill£246k
The Hereford Mappa Mundi TrustHereford£252k