# ROYAL AIR FORCE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH PURPOSES FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 243719
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Oct. 22, 1965
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=243719


## Contact

- **Address:** SHAW GIBBS LIMITED, WEY COURT WEST, UNION ROAD, FARNHAM
- **Postcode:** GU9 7PT
- **Phone:** 01252711244
- **Email:** MARK.DICKINSON@SHAWGIBBS.COM



## Activities

**Objects:** ADVANCEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE WELFARE OF ROMAN CATHOLICS IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

**Activities:** The Trust facilitates the faith practice of Roman Catholic members of the RAF, their families and those other Service personnel who wish to associate. It enables Chaplains to provide the best pastoral care and resources, and to engage people more deeply with the moral component of their military responsibilities. It supports the pastoral ministry of the Bishop of the Forces to those same people.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £236880 | £206761 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £219815 | £141300 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £210753 | £400088 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £202004 | £112674 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £198281 | £106604 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **WING COMMANDER CHRIS THORPE** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 4, 2016
- Group Captain LEAH GRIFFIN — appointed July 17, 2014
- JOHN MCALLISTER — appointed Oct. 15, 2020
- PETER DONALD FIRTH — appointed Jan. 29, 2015
- Rev DAVID EDWARD SKILLEN — appointed July 11, 2019
- Rt Rev Paul James Mason — appointed Sept. 12, 2018