Riverside Foundation

Analysis

Riverside Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Riverside Foundation reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £87k to £2.5m (+2763%), an average of +131% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 3646%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Riverside Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The London Central Mosque (Algame) Fund (£2.5m), The Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre (£2.5m) and Glasallt Fawr - Camphill Centre (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.6m. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate.