Rydal Penrhos Limited

Analysis

Rydal Penrhos Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colwyn Bay. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03294434). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rydal Penrhos Limited reported income of £5.4m and spending of £6.6m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £6.1m to £5.4m (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rydal Penrhos Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aberdour School Educational Trust (£5.3m), The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (£5.4m) and Woodford Green Preparatory School Limited (£5.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, donations and legacies 8.5% and trading 5.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £453k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £16.1m would cover about 29 months of spending at that rate. It employed 104 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.