Registered charity · Salisbury
The Royal AIR Force Gliding and Soaring Association
The Royal AIR Force Gliding and Soaring Association is a registered charity (number 1140665) based in Salisbury, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £190k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Rafgsa (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
- Income £190k (2024)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Amateur Sport, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.raf.mod.uk/rafgliding (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Royal AIR Force Gliding and Soaring Association
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£190k£153k
- 2023£216k£218k
- 2022£215k£273k
Earlier years
- 2021£90k£173k
- 2021£119k£246k
Income trend, 2021 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF HER MAJESTY ARMED FORCES BY FOSTERING THE ESPRIT DE CORPS AND RAISING MORALE OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND OTHER SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION), THROUGH PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN AND PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR GLIDING AND SOARING.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Alan Swan since 2015
- Andrew Watson since 2018
- Benjamin Kyle Wightman since 2020
- Carl John Peters since 2020
- John Jackson Stringer since 2019
- Luke Spencer Dale since 2020
- Neill Owen Atkins
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Swan since 2015
- Andrew Watson since 2018
- Benjamin Kyle Wightman since 2020
- Carl John Peters since 2020
- John Jackson Stringer since 2019
- Luke Spencer Dale since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alan Swan since 2015
- Andrew Watson since 2018
- Benjamin Kyle Wightman since 2020
- Carl John Peters since 2020
- John Jackson Stringer since 2019
- Luke Spencer Dale since 2020
- Neill Owen Atkins
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1140665
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/09/2009
- Companies House
- Company number 07033180 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07977631961 · gsa.treasurer@rafsport.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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