The Royal Air Forces Association - Llangollen Branch
What it does
It is an organisation which raises funds through club activities to provide welfare support for ex-service men and women. The club provides a social venue for members and local organisations to meet and supports active crown green bowling, snooker and domino teams.
Its charitable purposes
AS PER RAFA CORPORATE BODY 226686
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Health and saving lives
- Amateur sport
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Other charitable purposes
- Who it helps
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other defined groups
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides services
- Other charitable activities
Where it works
- In Wales
- Denbighshire
Area of benefit in its governing document: Llangollen
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £13,957 and spent £13,682.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £13,957 | £13,682 | Not reported | 387 |
| 31 December 2024 | £6,831 | £11,420 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £7,017 | £4,683 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2022 | £7,986 | £11,051 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £7,292 | £7,854 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 91%, from £7,292 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £13,957 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 98% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
7 trustees run the charity.
- Anthony MilesChair
- Andree Beaverstock
- Christopher Tobin
- Deborah Jane Jones
- Jean Robb McKean Grindley
- John Grindley
- Stuart Hogarth
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 29 August 2026, 63 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 22 October 2025, 9 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 1 October 2024, 30 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 26 March 2023, 219 days early | Not required |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 3 June 2022, 150 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 231614
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 4 December 1963
- Governing document
- SEE RAFA CORPORATE BODY 226686
- Council area of its contact address
- Denbighshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.