RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1047653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7286922 · Wikipedia · also known as MOTIVE8, RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL

Raleigh International is a sustainable development charity. We harness the passion and energy of young people to effect positive change. Our programmes focus on providing access to safe water and sanitation, protecting vulnerable environments and building resilient communities. We operate in partnership with communities, non-governmental organisations and governments in 5 countries and in the UK.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP(2) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF DISADVANTAGE(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.THESE OBJECTS ARE ACHIEVED THROUGH EXPEDITIONS CARRIED OUT IN THE UK AND OTHER COUNTRIES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ADVENTURE, CHALLENGE, AND THROUGH COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3.9m
Latest spending
£5.0m
Registered
1995

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2020

  • Volunteers: 1,362
  • Government income: £2,422,587 — contracts £2,422,587 (2); 62% of the £3,890,585 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2019

  • Volunteers: 1,898
  • Government income: £3,100,000 — contracts £3,100,000 (2); 42% of the £7,304,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 2)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2018

  • Volunteers: 854
  • Government income: £4,439,000 — contracts £4,439,000 (2); 58% of the £7,633,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

5 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)

Total income
£3.9m
Total spending
£5.0m
Cost of raising funds
£169k
Reserves (reported)
£294k
Employees
110

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Costa Rica · Nepal · Nicaragua · Scotland · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Common questions

Who funds RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL TRUST as a grant recipient include DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST, G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST, SSP FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15kYouth and Welfare
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2022£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Northern Rock Foundation08/03/2005£150kGrant awarded to Raleigh International (North East)
Northern Rock Foundation21/05/1999£3kGrant awarded to Raleigh International (Tyne & Wear)