RAF Waddington Officers Mess

Analysis

RAF Waddington Officers Mess is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, RAF Waddington Officers Mess reported income of £333k and spending of £329k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £148k to £333k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 84%. 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 Waddington Officers Mess sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Furzedown Project (£331k), The Faringdon Collection Trust (£334k) and The Hunger Project UK (£320k).