The Ratcliff Foundation

Analysis

The Ratcliff Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ratcliff Foundation reported income of £209k and spending of £232k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £192k to £209k (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Ratcliff Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include World Aid Convoy (£208k), The Riverside Active Lives Network (£209k) and The Equitix Foundation (£207k).