The Richard Harris Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Richard Harris Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Richard Harris Charitable Trust reported income of £163k and spending of £322k, spending 198% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £997k to £163k (-84%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 338%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Richard Harris Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Physionet Foundation CIO (£163k), Southern Africa Literature Trust (£163k) and Ansaar (£163k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.