Ride to the Wall

Analysis

Ride to the Wall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oswestry. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07598553). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Ride to the Wall reported income of £173k and spending of £174k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £107k to £173k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Ride to the Wall sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rainbow Pre-School (Handforth) (£172k), Rye and District Community Transport (£174k) and The Air Cadets London and South East General Purposes Fund (£170k).