The Welfare and General Purposes Fund of the South West Region of the Air Training Corps

Analysis

The Welfare and General Purposes Fund of the South West Region of the Air Training Corps is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wilts. It was registered in May 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Welfare and General Purposes Fund of the South West Region of the Air Training Corps reported income of £22k and spending of £28k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,123 to £22k (+331%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1451%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Welfare and General Purposes Fund of the South West Region of the Air Training Corps 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 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waterhouses Youth Project (£22k), Upton Bishop Village Hall (£22k) and 6th Farnborough Scout Group (£22k).