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Warrant Officers' & Sergeants' Mess RAF Cosford

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1165243WolverhamptonArmed forces, emergency and public safety
Income£253k2025-11-30
Spending£250ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctArmed forces, emergency and public safety
Registered2016Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Warrant Officers' & Sergeants' 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, Warrant Officers' & Sergeants' Mess RAF Cosford reported income of £253k and spending of £250k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £111k to £253k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Warrant Officers' & Sergeants' Mess RAF Cosford sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include College Hall Officers' Mess RAF Cranwell (£242k), Defence Academy Station & Welfare Fund (£261k) and Society of Evidence Based Policing (£238k).

Income and spending

£0£63k£126k£190k£253k2021 Income: £110,6732021 Spending: £99,91920212022 Income: £210,8432022 Spending: £201,46020222023 Income: £231,4302023 Spending: £241,45620232024 Income: £209,7322024 Spending: £238,19420242025 Income: £252,9562025 Spending: £250,3252025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Operation of a mess for HM Armed Forces

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