The Ranmore Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ranmore Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Folkestone. It was registered in March 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Ranmore Charitable Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £53k, spending 316% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £17k to £17k (-3.2%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 291% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ranmore Charitable Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christopher Rous Memorial Cottages (£17k), Wise-Aid (£17k) and Valleys of Hope Limited (£17k).

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.