The Harry James Riddleston Charity of Leicester

Analysis

The Harry James Riddleston Charity of Leicester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Market Harborough. It was registered in August 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Harry James Riddleston Charity of Leicester reported income of £28k and spending of £75k, spending 272% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £22k to £28k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 172% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Harry James Riddleston Charity of Leicester sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keren Mitzvah Trust (£28k), The Rotary Club of Scarborough Trust Fund (£28k) and Leicester Charnwood Lions Club (CIO) (£28k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.