R.I.V.A Project

Analysis

R.I.V.A Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wisewood. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06266993). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, R.I.V.A Project reported income of £209k and spending of £228k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £149k to £209k (+40%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, R.I.V.A Project 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 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Better Health Products Limited (£209k), Cowpen Quay Community Association (£209k) and Sedgefield Arts Recreation and Community Association (£209k).

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.