The Rycote Buildings Charitable Foundation
Analysis
The Rycote Buildings Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.
In the financial year ending April 2025, The Rycote Buildings Charitable Foundation reported income of £22k and spending of £32k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £36k to £22k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Rycote Buildings Charitable Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Life and Relationships Trust (£22k), Venkatakrushna Vrundavana UK Limited (£22k) and Dominion City Church (£22k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Restoration, preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, beautification and reconstruction of Rycote Barn and of Rycote Chapel as a religious building of importance and of monuments, fittings, fixtures and glass in the Chapel and its wider churchyard. The paying of the stipend and expenses of an incumbent. Use of Barn and Chapel for other charitable purposes by local and national charities.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Family Life and Relationships Trust | Steyning | £22k |
| Venkatakrushna Vrundavana UK Limited | Hertfordshire | £22k |
| Dominion City Church | Luton | £22k |
| Derby Central Spiritualist Church | Derby | £22k |