The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC038109
- Status
- Active
- Registered
- April 20, 2007
- Legal form
- Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)
Address
- Address
- 67 Portland Place
London
W1B 1AR
Contact
- Website
rafbf.org
Activities
'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'
'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'
Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'
Objectives: (a) the maintenance, upkeep and repair of the War Memorial known as the RAF Memorial situated at the Victoria Embankment, London. and b) The relief and assistance by all available means of all or any of thc following classes of beneficiaries who are in need of such relief or assistance by reason of poverty, disability, sickness, infirmity or otherwise, namely:- all persons of all ranks who are or have or shall have been at any time or shall be at any time members of the Royal Air Force, the Royal I Auxiliary Air Force, the Royal Air Force Reserves, the Women's I Royal Air Force or the Air Force or Auxiliary Air Force of any present or former colony dominion or dependent territory of Great Britain or members of any former organisation the place of which has I substantially been taken by the said organisations or any of them, or I members of any future organisations which hereafter shall substantially take the place of the said organisations or any of them. and (ii) all persons who shall at any time have been or be widows, widowers, children or other dependants of any of the persons above referred to.
Geography
- Main operating location
- Outwith Scotland
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
Finances
| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £21,649,000 | £22,269,000 | 123 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £19,003,000 | £24,133,000 | 136 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £23,853,000 | £22,484,000 | 109 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £25,528,000 | £22,359,000 | 117 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £19,138,000 | £31,135,000 | 206 |