AAC Charity

Registered charity 1184333 · since 2019armyaircorps.co.uk·United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£116k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

£310 to £23,500

Grant range

From the annual report's grant list

£3,500

Typical grant (median)

14 published grants

Key takeaways

The charity's stated purpose is the welfare of serving and former Army Air Corps members and eligible others, including people in need and their children or dependants, so a project that does not reach these groups is unlikely to fit.
About 8 in 10 of its 14 grants to organisations fall between £310 and £23,500, with a median of £2,000, so a request near that median is a sensible starting point, though the largest grant was about £35,500, so the typical band is not a ceiling.
No application process is published, so the first step is to contact the charity using the contact shown, and the charity says it supports activities that enhance wellbeing where funds may not be met from public or other sources, which is the case to make.
The annual report and its website say nothing about deadlines, how competitive the funding is, or whether it is relationship-led, so ask the contact about timing and process early.
Its geographic focus is stated as the UK.

Overview

AAC Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1184333).

The Army Air Corps Charity exists to provide the practical and financial means by which the Army Air Corps can meet its charitable obligations to past and present members of the Corps and their dependants. It relieves people in need through grants, short-term loans, and goods, services or facilities, and it also supports Army Air Corps sport and adventurous training, veterans' groups, and unit morale and wellbeing. Its individual benevolence grants totalled £74,689 against an initial budget of £78,000, and its annual giving was £116,146.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 March 2025) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The charity supports the welfare and wellbeing of serving and former Army Air Corps members and eligible others, including people in need, hardship or distress and their children or dependants. It provides individual benevolence and makes grants or short-term loans, or pays for goods, services or facilities, including through other bodies that provide these to people in need. Its support also covers Army Air Corps sport and adventurous training for serving personnel, veterans’ group outreach and social activities, and unit morale and wellbeing where public funds cannot do so. It supports commemorative and remembrance events in the UK and overseas. Benevolence applications may be paid to institutions for onward payment to the individual concerned.

Themes

Individual benevolence
Sport and adventurous training
Veterans' outreach and social activities
Unit morale and wellbeing
Commemorative and remembrance events

Geographic Focus

UK.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It supports activities that enhance wellbeing where funds may not be met from public or other sources.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to AAC Charity.

Army Benevolent FundFixed deadlinesGave £4.5M Army Central FundMixed deadlinesGave £3.1M Church of England Soldiers’, Sailors’ & Airmen's Clubs (CESSAC)No public process The Royal Engineers AssociationInvitation onlyGave £102k Royal Air Force Benevolent FundInvitation onlyGave £678k The Veterans AssociationNo public process The Ada Hillard Charitable TrustNo public processGave £430k The Royal Navy and Royal Marines CharityRollingGave £5.1M CSIS Charity FundRollingGave £296k Army Sport Control Board Charitable FundInvitation onlyGave £6M

Grants

14 published grants analysed · median £3,500

How much do they typically give?

Share of 14 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size

Under £1k36%

£1k–£2.5k14%

£2.5k–£5k0%

£5k–£10k21%

£10k–£25k21%

£25k–£50k7%

Median £3,500 (year to 31 March 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Royal British Legion
£35,714year to 31 March 2025
SSAFA
£23,268year to 31 March 2025
Army Flying Museum
£20,000year to 31 March 2025
Tom Harrison House
£12,500year to 31 March 2025
Historic Aircraft Flight Trust
£9,500year to 31 March 2025
Blue Beret Charitable Trust
£5,000year to 31 March 2025
The Rawthey Project
£5,000year to 31 March 2025
RAF Benson
£2,000year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£597,862	£543,247	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£606,805	£699,801	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£700,802	£691,390	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£721,963	£708,716	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£738,506	£734,285	£116,146	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.