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The Royal AIR Force Benevolent Fund

The Royal AIR Force Benevolent Fund is a registered charity (number 207327) based in London, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £2.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £2.4m (2025)
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No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The Royal AIR Force Benevolent Fund.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.rafbf.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.4m£1.3m
  • 2024£704k£854k
  • 2023£729k£896k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.1m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.1m£1.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) THE MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP AND REPAIR OF THE WAR MEMORIAL KNOWN AS THE RAF MEMORIAL SITUATED AT VICTORIA EMBANKMENT LONDON. B) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE BY ALL AVAILABLE MEANS OF ALL OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES OF BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF POVERTY DISABILITY SICKNESS INFIRMITY OR OTHERWISE NAMELY: (I) ALL PERSONS OF ALL RANKS WHO ARE OR HAVE OR SHALL HAVE AT ANY TIME OR SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE RESERVES,THE WOMEN'S ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE OR ANY SEPARATE DOMINION AIR FORCE OR MEMBERS OF ANY FORMER ORGANISATION THE PLACE OF WHICH HAS SUBSTANTIALLY BEEN TAKEN BY THE SAID ORGANISATIONS OR ANY OF THEM OR MEMBERS OF ANY FUTURE ORGANISATIONS WHICH HEREAFTER SHALL SUBSTANTIALLY TAKE THE PLACE OF THE SAID ORGANISATIONS OR ANY OF THEM. (II) ALL PERSONS WHO SHALL AT ANY TIME HAVE BEEN OR BE WIDOWS CHILDREN OR OTHER DEPENDANTS OF ANY OF THE PERSONS ABOVE REFERRED TO PROVIDED THAT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR SUCH RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE A MEMBER OR FORMER MEMBER OF A SEPARATE DOMINION AIR FORCE OR THE WIDOW OR OTHER DEPENDANT OF SUCH MEMBER OR FORMER MEMBER AS THE CASE MAY BE MUST AT THE TIME OF THE RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE BE NORMALLY RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE CHARITY IS LINKED TO 1081009 UNDER S.96(5) FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES ONLY.

Grants received

2 grants · £439,952 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Ministry of Defence · £439,952 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Ministry of Defence £430,8322022-03-11
  • Ministry of Defence £9,1202021-06-18
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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£704k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

68.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2020

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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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
207327
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF 21 JULY 1948 AS AFFECTED BY SCHEME OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 29 DECEMBER 2000 AS AMENDED BY ORDERS DATED 7 DECEMBER 2005. THE CHARITY IS LINKED TO 1081009 UNDER S.96(5) FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES ONLY.
Contact on the register
020 7307 3318 · lisa.harmshaw@rafbf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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