The Viscount Ridley North of England Cadet Forces Trust

Analysis

The Viscount Ridley North of England Cadet Forces Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Viscount Ridley North of England Cadet Forces Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £33k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £247k to £35k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 43% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Viscount Ridley North of England Cadet Forces Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brixham Bowling Club (£35k), Little Thetford Village Hall (£35k) and Southern Counties Archery Society (£35k).