The Lady Ryder of Warsaw Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Lady Ryder of Warsaw Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03935283). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Lady Ryder of Warsaw Memorial Trust reported income of £114k and spending of £148k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £347k to £114k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Lady Ryder of Warsaw Memorial Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Word of Light International Ministries Ltd (£114k), The Widows Empowerment Trust (£114k) and London Irish Foundation (£114k).

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.