The Betty Riseley Trust for Children

Analysis

The Betty Riseley Trust for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Betty Riseley Trust for Children reported income of £55k and spending of £141k, spending 255% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £54k to £55k (+2.4%), an average of +0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 187% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Betty Riseley Trust for Children sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Catherine Bullen Foundation (£55k), The League of Friends of the North Tees Hospital (£56k) and Tariqa Burhaniya Disuqiya Shadhuliya (£55k).

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.