The Rimshot Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Rimshot Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witham. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Rimshot Charitable Trust reported income of £127k and spending of £146k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £45k to £127k (+181%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 1961%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Rimshot Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include C and F Charitable Trust (£127k), Rochford Community Church Trust (£127k) and Second Chance Charity (£127k).

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.