Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College

Analysis

Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Richmond. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00201528). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College reported income of £10.4m and spending of £10.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £8.1m to £10.4m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community College sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Christopher School (Letchworth) Limited (£10.3m), The University of Sheffield Students' Union (£10.4m) and Mathematics in Education and Industry (£10.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, investments 9.9% and trading 3.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10k. Reserves of £42.1m would cover about 48 months of spending at that rate. It employed 316 people.

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.