The Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation

Analysis

The Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03674554). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation reported income of £104k and spending of £71k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £43k to £104k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Ralph and Meriel Richardson Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leslie Smith Foundation (£104k), Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases (£104k) and Totnes United Free Church (£104k).