Ryecroft NRC

Analysis

Ryecroft NRC is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04129303). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ryecroft NRC reported income of £291k and spending of £316k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £153k to £291k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 171%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ryecroft NRC sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society (£289k), The Sainsbury Archive (£294k) and West Dorset Wilding (£287k).

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.