Ryder Cup European Development Trust

Analysis

Ryder Cup European Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in England. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05090180). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ryder Cup European Development Trust reported income of £224k and spending of £228k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £224k (+1134%), an average of +87% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 2517%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ryder Cup European Development Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% 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 The Shanley Charitable Trust (£224k), Burkina Health Foundation (£224k) and South Somerset Community Accessible Transport (£224k).

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.