Royal Airforces Association, Bristol Branch

Analysis

Royal Airforces Association, Bristol Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Airforces Association, Bristol Branch reported income of £51k and spending of £47k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £68k to £51k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Airforces Association, Bristol Branch sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canford Heath Residents and Community Association (£51k), Blockley Sports and Social Centre (£51k) and Brailsford and Ednaston Institute (£51k).