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The Royal AIR Force Club
The Royal AIR Force Club is a registered charity (number 1108295) based in London, governed by 15 trustees. Latest income £13m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 15 trustees
- Income £13m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Adam WardropeTrustee · since 2022
- Air Cdre Victoria Caroline McphadenTrustee · since 2026
- Air Commodore Dai WhittinghamTrustee · since 2017
- Amanda Jane WolfeTrustee · since 2024
- Bernard Anthony WatsonTrustee · since 2024
- Flight Lieutenant Haig Anthony John TylerTrustee · since 2019
- Gavin James PooleTrustee · since 2024
- Group Captain Alan John LockwoodTrustee · since 2019
- Group Captain James Roger BeldonTrustee · since 2019
- Neeraj KapurTrustee · since 2023
- Paul HigginsTrustee · since 2023
- Peter Charles BrownTrustee · since 2024
- Philip James WadlowTrustee · since 2024
- Warren Austin William JamesTrustee · since 2025
- Wing Commander Paula Simone WillmotTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- City Of Westminster
- Website
- www.rafclub.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Royal AIR Force Club
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13m£12m
- 2024£12m£11m
- 2023£12m£10m
Earlier years
- 2022£10m£9.1m
- 2021£7.1m£6.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BY IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF OFFICERS HOLDING COMMISSIONS THEREIN AND IN OTHER ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND BY PRESERVING AND FOSTERING AMONG THEM THE ESPIRIT DE CORPS AND TRADITIONS OF THOSE SERVICES BY EVERY SUITABLE MEANS AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:BY ESTABLISHING MAINTAINING AND CONDUCTING IN LONDON A CENTRAL RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL CLUB FOR THE USE AND ACCOMMODATION OF MEMBERS, AND BY MAKING AVAILABLE TO THEM SUCH OTHER SERVICES, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE DESIRABLE AT PRICES WHICH, SO FAR AS POSSIBLE, CAN BE AFFORDED BY ALL MEMBERS OF WHATEVER RANKBY ENCOURAGING BY MEANS OF DISCUSSIONS, LECTURES, FILM SHOWS, VISITS TO PLACES OF INTEREST AND BY OTHER MEANS, AN INTEREST IN ALL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH FLYING IN GENERAL AND WITH ROYAL AIR FORCE IN PARTICULARBY ENCOURAGING AND ORGANISING THE HOLDING AT THE CLUB OF SERVICE REUNIONS, MEETINGS AND SIMILAR FUNCTIONS AND BY PLACING AT THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AT THE CLUB FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN AIR FORCESBY ENCOURAGING AND BY PROVIDING FACILITIES TO ENABLE OFFICERS SERVING IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND IN OTHER ASSOCIATED SERVICES TO MEET AND ASSOCIATE REGULARLY WITH EACH OTHER, AND WITH PERSONS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS OFFICERS IN SUCH SERVICES AND WITH MEMBERS OF OTHER AIR FORCES AND TO BENEFIT FROM THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF SUCH PERSONS
Board analysis
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Adam Wardrope since 2022
- Air Cdre Victoria Caroline Mcphaden since 2026
- Air Commodore Dai Whittingham since 2017
- Amanda Jane Wolfe since 2024
- Bernard Anthony Watson since 2024
- Flight Lieutenant Haig Anthony John Tyler since 2019
- Gavin James Poole since 2024
- Group Captain Alan John Lockwood since 2019
- Group Captain James Roger Beldon since 2019
- Neeraj Kapur since 2023
- Paul Higgins since 2023
- Peter Charles Brown since 2024
- Philip James Wadlow since 2024
- Warren Austin William James since 2025
- Wing Commander Paula Simone Willmot since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Air Commodore Dai Whittingham since 2017
- Flight Lieutenant Haig Anthony John Tyler since 2019
- Group Captain Alan John Lockwood since 2019
- Group Captain James Roger Beldon since 2019
- Wing Commander Paula Simone Willmot since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Adam Wardrope since 2022
- Air Cdre Victoria Caroline Mcphaden since 2026
- Air Commodore Dai Whittingham since 2017
- Amanda Jane Wolfe since 2024
- Flight Lieutenant Haig Anthony John Tyler since 2019
- Gavin James Poole since 2024
- Group Captain Alan John Lockwood since 2019
- Group Captain James Roger Beldon since 2019
- Neeraj Kapur since 2023
- Paul Higgins since 2023
- Peter Charles Brown since 2024
- Philip James Wadlow since 2024
- Wing Commander Paula Simone Willmot since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Bernard Anthony Watson since 2024
- Warren Austin William James since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1108295
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 DECEMBER 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 JUL 2017 as amended on 16 May 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 05321353 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02073991000 · GeneralOffice@rafclub.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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