RURAL MEDIA CHARITY

Registered charity 1041335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RURAL MEDIA COMPANY

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1994

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£35k
Reserves (reported)
£83k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.5m
31/03/2024£2.3m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.0m£993k
31/03/2021£1.1m£1.0m

Common questions

Who funds RURAL MEDIA CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RURAL MEDIA CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE ELMLEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£30k
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATIONFY2024£12k
THE ELMLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£12k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/04/2019£60k"Big Wig"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/03/2017£374k"GREAT PLACE SCHEME: Herefordshire's a Great Place"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/07/2016£48k"The Ballad of the Travelling People: the Century that changed Gypsy & traveller lives forever"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/05/2015£63k"Golden Fire – The story of cider in Herefordshire through the people who made it"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/02/2010£29k"Royalists and Roundheads"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/11/2007£50k"Fieldwork - The Bygone Days of Herefordshire Farming"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/08/2006£33k"CRAFTA WEBB"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/01/2006£25k"Magic, Movies and Myths"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/01/2005£50k"Travellers' Heritage Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/10/2003£25k"Pugilists"