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The Royal Air Forces Association - Wolverhampton and District Branch

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 231668WolverhamptonOther charitable purposes
Income£14k2025-12-31
Spending£15ksame year
Spent / received153%5-year average
Size in its cause50th pctOther charitable purposes
Registered1963Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Royal Air Forces Association - Wolverhampton and District Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Air Forces Association - Wolverhampton and District Branch reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,860 to £14k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Royal Air Forces Association - Wolverhampton and District Branch sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys Benevolent Fund (£14k), The Garlick Fund (£14k) and Lowlands Farm Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving (£14k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£6,858£14k£21k£27k2021 Income: £9,8602021 Spending: £22,03320212022 Income: £13,8952022 Spending: £17,97820222023 Income: £12,7252023 Spending: £27,43220232024 Income: £15,0712024 Spending: £18,35520242025 Income: £13,9332025 Spending: £14,6532025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

During the year the Branch financed a range of activities for the Association and was involved with the supervision of welfare payments to ex-servicemen and their families in the Wolverhampton area.

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The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys Benevolent FundLondon£14k
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Lowlands Farm Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage DrivingWarwick£14k
The Teddyrose FoundationSolihull£14k