# THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 253492
- **Other names:** ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 11, 1967
- **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=253492


## Contact

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



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE THROUGH THE RELIEF OF DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SERVING PERSONNEL IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY: (A) THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SUBSCRIBERS; (B) THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SERVING PERSONNEL.(2) THE TRUSTEE MAY ASSIST DEPENDANTS BY: (A) THE PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE GRANTS; AND (B) THE RELIEF OF DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR THE EFFECTS OF OLD AGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, LOANS, GIFTS, PENSIONS OR OTHERWISE.

**Activities:** The charity relieves immediate financial distress when a member, who must be Serving in the RAF, dies from whatever cause, by making grants to their nominated beneficiary.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



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## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND |  |  |




