Richard Davies Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Richard Davies Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferndown. It was registered in March 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Richard Davies Charitable Foundation reported income of £29k and spending of £36k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £42k to £29k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Richard Davies Charitable Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodhall Spa Coronation Hall Trust (£29k), Synthonia Scout Group (£29k) and The Lake House Charitable Foundation (£29k).

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.