RAF Wittering Sergeants' Mess

Analysis

RAF Wittering Sergeants' Mess is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, RAF Wittering Sergeants' Mess reported income of £124k and spending of £132k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £45k to £124k (+173%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, RAF Wittering Sergeants' Mess sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Topsham Market House Trust (£120k), Cotton Textiles Research Trust (£124k) and Operation Christmas Box (£119k).

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.