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The Christine Roberts-Ridgway Foundation

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1112713LiverpoolGrant-making and general purposes
Income£16k2025-04-05
Spending£21ksame year
Spent / received72%5-year average
Size in its cause52nd pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2006Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Christine Roberts-Ridgway Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Christine Roberts-Ridgway Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £28k to £16k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Christine Roberts-Ridgway Foundation sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include H B Bicket Charitable Trust (£16k), Cheerful Sparrows (Thanet) (£16k) and John Hall Charitable Settlement (£16k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.

Income and spending

£0£7,927£16k£24k£32k2021 Income: £27,8002021 Spending: £12,84720212022 Income: £31,7062022 Spending: £13,85020222023 Income: £6,8112023 Spending: £10,12020232024 Income: £9,4802024 Spending: £7,94920242025 Income: £15,6012025 Spending: £21,1472025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE TRUSTEES HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE FOUNDATION UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION MAY THINK FIT.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
H B Bicket Charitable TrustLiverpool£16k
Cheerful Sparrows (Thanet)Kent£16k
John Hall Charitable SettlementStafford£16k
Hunstanton and District Men's ShedNorfolk£16k