The Church of Scotland and Free Churches Fund RAF

Analysis

The Church of Scotland and Free Churches Fund RAF is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Church of Scotland and Free Churches Fund RAF reported income of £20k and spending of £26k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £20k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Church of Scotland and Free Churches Fund RAF sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Justsikhi Foundation (£20k), Friends of Burford Church of St John the Baptist (£20k) and Torah Temimah Trust (£20k).

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.