The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body

Analysis

The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body reported income of £29.0m and spending of £28.1m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12.5m to £29.0m (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Royal Air Forces Association - Corporate Body sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Place2be (£28.9m), South England Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (£29.1m) and Everybody Health & Leisure (£28.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 64%, donations and legacies 17%, charitable activities 8.5% and investments 7.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.9m. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 9.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £50k. Reserves of £13.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 749 people.