The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Royal AIR Force Central Fund

Registered charity 1152560 Registered since 2013

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

9 trustees on the board

5y median 6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 9Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Public administration 7Construction 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 120.0 in 2020

16 from 12 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.rafcf.org.uk
Emailmail@rafcf.org.uk
Phone01494 362762
AddressRAF Central Fund Danesfield, Henley Road, Medmenham, Marlow, Bucks, SL7 2EY

Finances

£6,639,218 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£5,137,842£4,243,590
2021£4,166,890£4,628,905
2022£4,442,322£4,649,530
2023£6,141,995£5,104,032
2024£6,639,218£5,722,698

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

2.1 The objects for which the charity is established, for the public benefit, are:-2.1.1 To benefit generally the members or former members of the Royal Air Force and their dependents in such charitable ways as the Trustees think fit.2.1.2 To promote the efficiency of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces in such charitable ways as the trustees think fit particularly (but not by way of limitation) through encouraging and facilitating the playing of, and participation in, and the provision of or assisting in the provision of facilities for, sport in the Royal Air Force with particular reference to:(a) Increasing physical fitness;(b) Fostering the espirit de corps; and(c) Raising morale Of the members of the Royal Air Force.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 JUN 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 MAR 2019 as amended on 22 Apr 2023 as amended on 24 Nov 2023

Trustees (9)

9trustees
56median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Royal AIR Force Central Fund · 08555984 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/06/2013

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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