The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Royal AIR Force Widows Association

Registered charity 1030945 Registered since 1994

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

2.6y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
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incomespending£38k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailchair@rafwidows.org.uk
Phone08004561150
AddressROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND, 67 PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, W1B 1AR

Finances

£38,159 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£778£7,060
2022£20,931£33,838
2023£54,935£64,573
2024£41,544£28,295
2025£38,159£33,199

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT (THE OBJECT) IS TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF QUALIFYING PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF THEIR BEREAVEMENT (INCLUDING ANY ARISING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS) BY THE PROVISION OF FRIENDSHIP, PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND, WHERE NECESSARY, ADVICE ON OBTAINING MEDICAL HELP OR GUIDANCE. QUALIFYING PERSONS SHALL MEAN: (1) THOSE PERSONS WHOSE DECEASED SPOUSE, ELIGIBLE PARTNER OR CIVIL PARTNER SERVED IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE (“RAF”); (2) RAF PERSONNEL AND FORMER RAF PERSONNEL WHOSE SPOUSE, ELIGIBLE PARTNER OR CIVIL PARTNER DIED WHILST THEY WERE SERVING IN THE RAF; AND (3) DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF QUALIFYING PERSONS. AN ‘ELIGIBLE PARTNER’ IS SOMEONE WHO MEETS THE CRITERIA OF SUCH FOR PENSION PURPOSES UNDER THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE REGULATIONS OR POLICY.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12/9/1993 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED SEPTEMBER 1997, SEPTEMBER 1999, SEPTEMBER 2003, 14/4/2010, 22/10/2012 AND 19/10/2013 AS AMENDED ON 17 OCT 2020 AS AMENDED ON 15 OCT 2021AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 15 OCT 2021 as amended on 02 Dec 2023

Trustees (7)

7trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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