Rural Community Council (Leicestershire and Rutland)

Analysis

Rural Community Council (Leicestershire and Rutland) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hinckley. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03665974). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rural Community Council (Leicestershire and Rutland) reported income of £802k and spending of £786k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £319k to £802k (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rural Community Council (Leicestershire and Rutland) sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sebastian's Action Trust (£800k), The Grand Charity (£804k) and Parents 1st UK (£800k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, donations and legacies 32% and investments 3.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £67k. Reserves of £834k would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.