Rift Valley Research Limited

Analysis

Rift Valley Research Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04271537). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rift Valley Research Limited reported income of £2.8m and spending of £3.2m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £2.8m (+4.9%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Rift Valley Research Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beckery Island Regeneration Trust (£2.8m), Read - the Reading Agency (£2.8m) and The Seachange Trust (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £486k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.