The RAF Benevolent Fund Housing Trust Limited

Analysis

The RAF Benevolent Fund Housing Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01058896). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The RAF Benevolent Fund Housing Trust Limited reported income of £3.3m and spending of £1.9m, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £3.3m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The RAF Benevolent Fund Housing Trust Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Signposts (Luton) (£3.2m), The Abbeyfield (Maidenhead) Society Limited (£3.3m) and 700 Club (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 37%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £16.4m would cover about 106 months of spending at that rate.