Royal Air Force Small Arms Association

Analysis

Royal Air Force Small Arms Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Air Force Small Arms Association reported income of £243k and spending of £246k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £255k to £243k (-4.6%), an average of -1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Royal Air Force Small Arms Association sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kippax Miners' Welfare Scheme (£243k), Nautical Training Corps (£243k) and Derwentside and Gateshead swim team (£243k).

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.