The Royal Air Forces Association - Neath Branch

Analysis

The Royal Air Forces Association - Neath Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Glamorgan. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Royal Air Forces Association - Neath Branch reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from £14k to £11k (-19%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 - Neath Branch sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity Entrust Foundation (£11k), The Prime Foundation (£11k) and Sarda (South Wales) Mountain Rescue Search Dogs (£11k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.