The Royal Air Forces Association Rushden Branch (No 519)

Analysis

The Royal Air Forces Association Rushden Branch (No 519) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rushden. It was registered in October 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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 Rushden Branch (No 519) reported income of £17k and spending of £17k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,830 to £17k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Royal Air Forces Association Rushden Branch (No 519) sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potterspury Village Hall (£17k), Friends of Abbeymead School (£17k) and Birdsedge & District Village Hall, Birdsedge, Huddersfield (£17k).