Red Cypher

Analysis

Red Cypher is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Red Cypher reported income of £66k and spending of £55k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £66k to £66k (-0.5%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Red Cypher sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Household Cavalry Regiment Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers Mess (£64k), Centurion Fund (£67k) and 6 Regiment Rlc- President of the Regimental Institute (Pri) Fund (£64k).