RAF Odiham Officers' Mess

Analysis

RAF Odiham Officers' Mess is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in December 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 October 2024, RAF Odiham Officers' Mess reported income of £149k and spending of £159k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2024, income grew from £98k to £149k (+51%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, RAF Odiham Officers' Mess sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huntingdonshire Volunteer Centre (£148k), Shri Guru Ravidass Temple (Foleshill) (£150k) and Hamble Lifeboat Limited (£147k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.