Ridgegate Home

Analysis

Ridgegate Home is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reigate. It was registered in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ridgegate Home reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.0m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £983k to £1.0m (+6.0%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Ridgegate Home sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dolanog Residential Home (£1.0m), The Hospital of the Holy and Undivided Trinity (£1.0m) and Heathercombe Brake Trust (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4,000. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £752k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.