Royal Air Force High Wycombe Officers' Mess

Analysis

Royal Air Force High Wycombe Officers' Mess is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bucks. 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Royal Air Force High Wycombe Officers' Mess reported income of £313k and spending of £260k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £136k to £313k (+130%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Royal Air Force High Wycombe Officers' 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 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Coroners' Courts Support Service (£312k), Citizens Advice Lincolnshire (£314k) and Gamlearn (£310k).