Richard Platt's Relief-In-Need Charity

Analysis

Richard Platt's Relief-In-Need Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Richard Platt's Relief-In-Need Charity reported income of £26k and spending of £28k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £26k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Richard Platt's Relief-In-Need Charity 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 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sickness and Benevolent Fund (£26k), The Bates Charitable Trust (£26k) and The Rotary Club of the Wreake Valley (£26k).