Rathmell School Trust

Analysis

Rathmell School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rathmell School Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £31k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £45k to £26k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rathmell School Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Creation Realities Church (£26k), The Rotary Club of the Wreake Valley (£26k) and Lancaster Gospel Hall (£26k).