The Ricepuds Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ricepuds Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ricepuds Charitable Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £54k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £41k to £58k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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 Ricepuds Charitable Trust 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frodingham Community Association (£58k), The Ware Charities (£58k) and Fountain of Life Ministries, International (£58k).