Ridley Family Charity

Analysis

Ridley Family Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Ridley Family Charity reported income of £90k and spending of £91k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £75k to £90k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ridley Family Charity sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ransom Church of God Universal Fellowship (£90k), The Cheriton Road Sports Ground Trust (£90k) and Zimkids (£90k).