Officers' Mess RAF Cosford

Analysis

Officers' Mess RAF Cosford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Officers' Mess RAF Cosford reported income of £132k and spending of £141k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £98k to £132k (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Officers' Mess RAF Cosford sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Defence Academy Arts and Sports Union (£131k), President of the Regimental Institute (Pri) Fund Mod a Block 1 (£133k) and 1sg Pri (£125k).

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.