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Cranwellian Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1162454UKArmed forces, emergency and public safety
Income£19k2025-12-31
Spending£22ksame year
Spent / received103%5-year average
Size in its cause33rd pctArmed forces, emergency and public safety
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Cranwellian Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in UK. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cranwellian Association reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £19k (+5.1%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Cranwellian Association sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marham Aviation Heritage Centre (£18k), Ix(B) Squadron Association (£20k) and RAF Regiment Association (£17k).

Income and spending

£0£5,590£11k£17k£22k2021 Income: £17,8162021 Spending: £16,66920212022 Income: £17,8162022 Spending: £16,66920222023 Income: £22,2592023 Spending: £21,93120232024 Income: £20,3422024 Spending: £21,89520242025 Income: £18,7182025 Spending: £22,3612025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To promote the efficiency of the Royal Air Force, to advance the education and understanding of the general public and serving/retired officers in the fields of leadership and air power and to preserve the ethos and heritage of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Air Force College in particular by such means as may be charitable.

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