The Rylance and Smith Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Rylance and Smith Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Rylance and Smith Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £43k, spending 210% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £17k to £20k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Rylance and Smith Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evercreech Village Hall (£20k), Blyth Battery Volunteers Ltd (£20k) and Clifford Chambers Village Hall and Recreation Ground Management Committee (£20k).

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.