# THE ROYAL AIR FORCE GLIDING AND SOARING ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1140665
- **Other names:** RAFGSA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07033180](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07033180)
- **Registered:** March 3, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1140665


## Contact

- **Address:** Wilson&#x27;s Solicitors, Alexandra House, St John&#x27;s Street, Salisbury
- **Postcode:** SP1 2SB
- **Phone:** 07977 631961
- **Email:** gsa.treasurer@rafsport.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafgliding/



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** The aim of the Association is to promote the efficiency of the RAF by providing an opportunity to indulge in the sport of Gliding and Soaring, thereby encouraging physical fitness and airmanship among all its members.  In achieving this aim special regard is to be paid to bringing gliding and soaring within reach of all members of the RAF with priority to those normally employed on the ground.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Amateur Sport, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Swan |  | Jan. 1, 2015 |
| Andrew Watson |  | May 31, 2018 |
| BENJAMIN KYLE WIGHTMAN |  | Oct. 1, 2020 |
| CARL  JOHN PETERS |  | March 6, 2020 |
| JOHN JACKSON STRINGER |  | Aug. 12, 2019 |
| LUKE SPENCER DALE |  | March 3, 2020 |
| NEILL OWEN ATKINS |  |  |




