The Rickfield Trust

Analysis

The Rickfield Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 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 April 2025, The Rickfield Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £8,754, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £29k to £18k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Rickfield Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Margaret Chattell Trust (£18k), G&h Mark Charity (£18k) and Guiseley Senior Citizens Association (£18k).