The M J Ridges Charitable Trust

Analysis

The M J Ridges Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in August 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The M J Ridges Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £715, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £10k to £14k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 5.0% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The M J Ridges Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manna House (Hanley) (£14k), Georgia's Gift (£14k) and Dorset Police Male Voice Choir (£14k).