The Royal Air Forces Association - Cheltenham Branch

Analysis

The Royal Air Forces Association - Cheltenham Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Air Forces Association - Cheltenham Branch reported income of £57k and spending of £44k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £49k to £57k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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 - Cheltenham Branch sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wixford Village Hall (£57k), Kids Trust (£57k) and Education & Care Project (£57k).