Registered charity (CIO) · Fairford
The Royal AIR Force Charitable Trust
For the public benefit:A. To promote recruitment to and the efficiency of the Royal Air Force (RAF). In particular, but without limitation, by enhancing its reputation through a programme of world-class events and activities. B. To advance such...
- 9 trustees
- Income £18m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Air Marshal Philip Osborn CBEChair · since 2020
- Amanda HicksonTrustee · since 2023
- Felicity Chadwick-HistedTrustee · since 2019
- Miles CohenTrustee · since 2024
- Raj Mody MA FIATrustee · since 2019
- Richard Nugee CB CVO CBETrustee · since 2023
- Simon KimbleTrustee · since 2023
- Sir Julian Young KBE CBTrustee · since 2020
- Stephen OldfieldTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.rafct.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£18m£16m
- 2023£15m£14m
- 2022£14m£12m
Earlier years
- 2021£609k£2.6m
- 2020£2.0m£2.3m
Charitable objects
For the public benefit:A. To promote recruitment to and the efficiency of the Royal Air Force (RAF). In particular, but without limitation, by enhancing its reputation through a programme of world-class events and activities. B. To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the charity trustees shall think fit for the benefit of past and present members of any of the RAF, the auxiliary air force, the RAF reserves or any separate dominion air force (or any former organisation the place of which has substantially been taken by the said organisations or any future organisations which hereafter shall substantially take the place of the said organisations) and their dependants.C. To advance in life young people through events, grants and activities that provide access to and involvement in forward-looking air and space opportunities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.D. To advance education of the public in general in aviation, space and broader Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, particularly as relates to the activities of the RAF?.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Air Marshal Philip Osborn CBE Chair since 2020
- Amanda Hickson since 2023
- Felicity Chadwick-Histed since 2019
- Miles Cohen since 2024
- Raj Mody MA FIA since 2019
- Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE since 2023
- Simon Kimble since 2023
- Sir Julian Young KBE CB since 2020
- Stephen Oldfield since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Air Marshal Philip Osborn CBE Chair since 2020
- Felicity Chadwick-Histed since 2019
- Raj Mody MA FIA since 2019
- Sir Julian Young KBE CB since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Air Marshal Philip Osborn CBE Chair since 2020
- Amanda Hickson since 2023
- Felicity Chadwick-Histed since 2019
- Miles Cohen since 2024
- Raj Mody MA FIA since 2019
- Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE since 2023
- Simon Kimble since 2023
- Sir Julian Young KBE CB since 2020
- Stephen Oldfield since 2021
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
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 18.2 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1176054
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Dec 2017 as amended on 15 Aug 2022 as amended on 03 Aug 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01285713300 · trust-director@rafct.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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