Royal Air Force Sport Aircraft

Analysis

Royal Air Force Sport Aircraft is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Air Force Sport Aircraft reported income of £49k and spending of £54k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £29k to £49k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 739%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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 Sport Aircraft sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trent Vale Community Sports Association (£49k), 3rd Portchester Scout Group (£49k) and Compton Croquet Club (£49k).

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.