El Rio Foundation
Analysis
El Rio Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grange-over-Sands. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2026, El Rio Foundation reported income of £50k and spending of £60k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £55k to £50k (-9.8%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, El Rio 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 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Singing Gorilla Projects (£50k), Chilmington Management Organisation (£50k) and Global Action on Relocation and Return with Kids (£50k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Grants to individual people in need in the third world, or organisations on behalf of those individual people. The trustees will make grants to other charities and organisations which offer help to people in need
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Singing Gorilla Projects | Havant | £50k |
| Chilmington Management Organisation | Monument Way | £50k |
| Global Action on Relocation and Return with Kids | South Quays | £50k |
| The Tyne and Wear South Federation of Women's Institutes | Tyne And Wear | £50k |