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The Royal Air Forces Association - York Branch

RegisteredRegistered charity number 500974YorkDisability
Income£35k2025-12-31
Spending£30ksame year
Spent / received108%5-year average
Size in its cause49th pctDisability
Registered1971Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Royal Air Forces Association - York Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in July 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Air Forces Association - York Branch reported income of £35k and spending of £30k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £35k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Royal Air Forces Association - York Branch sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church (£35k), Brecon Advice Centre (£35k) and Huby Playing Fields Association (£35k).

Income and spending

£0£8,858£18k£27k£35k2021 Income: £16,1262021 Spending: £32,46420212022 Income: £24,0292022 Spending: £26,73320222023 Income: £30,5762023 Spending: £31,99420232024 Income: £30,5092024 Spending: £26,44120242025 Income: £35,4302025 Spending: £29,8742025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Royal Air Forces Association is incorporated by Royal Charter and its objects are the promotion and welfare of those who are serving or have served in Her Majesty's Royal Air Force and the air forces of the Commonwealth and their dependants by the establishment and maintenance of an organisation for their benefit.

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Huby Playing Fields AssociationYork£35k
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