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The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

SC038109Registered charity from 20 April 2007
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Charity Information:
Address 67 Portland Place
London
Postcode W1B 1AR
Website www.rafbf.org
Regulatory Type Cross-Border
Object:
(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.
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Apr 2007
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 123
Purposes: "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"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "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"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £25,528,000 £22,359,000 05 Oct 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £23,853,000 £22,484,000 06 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £19,003,000 £24,133,000 08 Aug 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £21,649,000 £22,269,000 19 Sept 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Sarah Jane Davis
Sophie Joanne Allen
Richard Nicholas Daniel
John Morrison Neilson
Susan Meredith Mayhew
Alison Benjamin
Clive Alan Martland
Allyson Arnold
Alastair Charles Hamilton Irvine
Richard Anthony Cryer
Alan Fraser Porter
Patrick Anthony Richard Aylmer
From 09 March 2026, OSCR is required by law to publish the names of a charity’s trustees as part of its Scottish Charity Register entry. We are also required to publish each charity’s annual report and accounts as received from this date, which may include the names of certain individuals. The only exceptions to publication are where a charity or one of its charity trustees applies for this information to be excluded, and OSCR is satisfied that publishing it would jeopardise the safety or security of a person or premises.

If the charity trustee information on a Register entry appears blank, this may mean that an exemption applies or that the charity has not yet provided the required details to OSCR. Supplying this information will become mandatory as part of future annual submissions.
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