The RAF Benevolent Fund Housing Trust Limited

Registered charity 264636 Registered since 1972

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5.4y median 6y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.1y

average years in governance

5 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Accommodation/housing 7Disability 2Education/training 2

Commercial experience

Other services 8Professional services 7Finance 5

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Contact

Website	www.rafbf.org
Email	lisa.harmshaw@rafbf.org.uk
Phone	020 7307 3318
Address	ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND, 67 PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, W1B 1AR

Finances

£2,166,411 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,858,192	£1,770,436
2021	£2,376,205	£1,686,901
2022	£3,275,048	£1,985,823
2023	£1,910,787	£1,849,138
2024	£2,166,411	£1,878,907

What it does

What

Accommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND IN ITS CHARITABLE WORK AND IN PARTICULAR TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE FUND BY PURCHASING OWNING TAKING ON LEASE AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE OR THE WIDOWS OR THE WIDOWS OR OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS WHO ARE IN NEED PARTICULARLY OF ACCOMMODATION WHETHER THROUGH ILLNESS DISABLEMENT OR OTHERWISE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST JUNE 1972 AS AMENDED 24 JUNE 2003.

Trustees (7)

7trustees

62median age

0aged 70+

Air Commodore Simon Harper since 2023
Air Vice-Marshal Christina Reid Elliot since 2020
Alan Porterage 62 since 2025
Emrys Rogersage 59 since 2020
Patrick Anthony Richard Aylmerage 62 since 2021
Sarah-Jane Louise Davisage 49 since 2020
Victoria Akinboroage 64 since 2015

Linked company (Companies House)

R.A.F. Benevolent Fund Housing Trust Limited (the) · 01058896 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/06/1972

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Royal AIR Force Benevolent Fund 2 shared trustees

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