Riverside Charitable Trust Limited

Analysis

Riverside Charitable Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in May 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01048511). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Riverside Charitable Trust Limited reported income of £46k and spending of £115k, spending 247% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £38k to £46k (+24%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 271% 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, Riverside Charitable Trust Limited sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Catherine Wines Charitable Trust (£46k), Church Street Property (£47k) and The Blakebank Trust (£46k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.