Richmond Trust Fund

Analysis

Richmond Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in June 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04720063). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Richmond Trust Fund reported income of £220k and spending of £129k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £220k (+1365%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 658%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Richmond Trust Fund sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oasis Church Southampton (£220k), Paddington Law Centre Limited (£220k) and C E K Stern Charitable Trust (£220k).