RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT

Registered charity 1028632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Riverside Community Health Project uses community development approaches to enable individuals and groups to recognise and tackle the underlying causes of ill health. By working alongside the community, the organisation attempts to bring about improvements of lasting benefit to adults and children in the neighbourhoods of Benwell, Elswick, West City, Sctoswood, Fenham and beyond.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£451k
Latest spending
£497k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £46,561 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £985,783. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £57,581 in general unrestricted funds, which is below the designated reserves target of £262,008 representing six months of running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months running costs (held: £58k)
The Trustees have a policy of holding three to six months running costs in reserves. — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Carnegie Building Newcastle
Riverside Community Health Project charity has a subsidiary company, Carnegie Building, which manages the license agreements with all the organisations based in the building — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Riverside Community Health Project (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NCGFamily Learning Provision FY26 for NCG01/05/2026£700k

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£562k
Total spending
£572k
Cost of raising funds
£80k
Reserves (reported)
£323k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£451k£497k
31/03/2024£454k£486k
31/03/2023£562k£572k
31/03/2022£751k£676k
31/03/2021£987k£502k

Common questions

Is RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £46,561 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £985,783. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £57,581 in general unrestricted funds, which is below the designated reserves target of £262,008 representing six months of running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2020£147kEU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
The National Lottery Community Fund19/07/2018£155kVolunteer Project
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£10kA Communicating Community - using the web and social networks together

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVERSIDE CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT£451k0unclearno doubt
RIVERSIDE CHURCH FY2024£547k0aboveno doubt
RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m0aboveno doubt
HEALTHY LIVING PROJECTS LIMITED FY2025£549k0aboveno doubt
RIVERSIDE PLAYGROUP (LOUTH) FY2024£157k0unclearno doubt
THE SOUTHCOURT AND WALTON COURT COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£102k0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.