RAF Waddington Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess

Analysis

RAF Waddington Warrant Officers and Sergeants 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 Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess reported income of £302k and spending of £306k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £114k to £302k (+164%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Pro Bono Centre (£300k), Baldwin's Bridge Trust (£309k) and Bramber Bakehouse (£297k).