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The Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1140665SalisburyAmateur sport and recreation
Income£186k2025-12-31
Spending£231ksame year
Spent / received117%5-year average
Size in its cause91st pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07033180). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association reported income of £186k and spending of £231k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £90k to £186k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association 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 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emersons Green Village Hall (£185k), Ukaf Rugby Football Club (£186k) and Kewford Eagles Football Club (£185k).

Income and spending

£0£68k£136k£204k£273k2021 Income: £90,0912021 Spending: £173,28320212022 Income: £214,8602022 Spending: £272,55420222023 Income: £215,6132023 Spending: £217,54120232024 Income: £190,0862024 Spending: £153,07120242025 Income: £185,5182025 Spending: £231,2252025
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In the charity's own words

The aim of the Association is to promote the efficiency of the RAF by providing an opportunity to indulge in the sport of Gliding and Soaring, thereby encouraging physical fitness and airmanship among all its members. In achieving this aim special regard is to be paid to bringing gliding and soaring within reach of all members of the RAF with priority to those normally employed on the ground.

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CharityLocationIncome
Emersons Green Village HallBristol£185k
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Kewford Eagles Football ClubWest Midlands£185k
Stratford Town Colts Football ClubWarwickshire£186k