The 617 Squadron Association

Analysis

The 617 Squadron Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The 617 Squadron Association reported income of £12k and spending of £20k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £3,092 to £12k (+300%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The 617 Squadron Association sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Salisbury Civic Society (£12k), Packing Shed Trust (£12k) and The Cruckton and District Ploughing and Hedging Society (£12k).

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.