Ryde Sick Poor Fund

Analysis

Ryde Sick Poor Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle of Wight. It was registered in October 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ryde Sick Poor Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £8,070, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,393 to £12k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ryde Sick Poor Fund sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Trust Fund Scheme (£12k), Open Door, Warminster (£12k) and Violet-Grace's Gift (£12k).