ROYAL AIR FORCE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH PURPOSES FUND
Charity number: 243719
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
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.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £219,815
Total expenditure: £141,300
People
6 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
- Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 22 October 1965: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
No other names
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
6 Trustee(s)
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| WING COMMANDER CHRIS THORPE | Chair | 04 February 2016 |
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| JOHN MCALLISTER | Trustee | 15 October 2020 |
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| Rev DAVID EDWARD SKILLEN | Trustee | 11 July 2019 |
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| Rt Rev Paul James Mason | Trustee | 12 September 2018 |
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| PETER DONALD FIRTH | Trustee | 29 January 2015 |
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| Group Captain LEAH GRIFFIN | Trustee | 17 July 2014 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £203.61k | £198.28k | £202.00k | £210.75k | £219.82k | |
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Total expenditure | £187.97k | £106.60k | £112.67k | £400.09k | £141.30k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 31 October 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 31 October 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 26 January 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 26 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 15 November 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 15 November 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 15 October 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 15 October 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 19 January 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 19 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |