THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1068254 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Distribution of grants to established charities of high repute.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£163k

Latest spending

£323k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £35,846, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £159,512, driven by grants expenditure exceeding incoming resources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months' expenditure (held: £36k)

“It is the policy of the Trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£914k

Total spending

£933k

Reserves (reported)

£195k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Lucy Gabrielle Marks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£163k	£323k
31/12/2023	£914k	£933k
31/12/2022	£209k	£611k
31/12/2021	£997k	£577k
31/12/2020	£643k	£558k

Common questions

Is THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £35,846, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £159,512, driven by grants expenditure exceeding incoming resources. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION	1	£40k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JENIFFER AND JONATHAN HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST.

JENIFFER AND JONATHAN HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
THE HARRIS CHARITY income £145k
L G HARRIS TRUST income £38k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION income £2.6m
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUST income £119k
THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS FOUNDATION income £639k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	£163k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JENIFFER AND JONATHAN HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARRIS CHARITY FY2025	£145k	—	above	—	no doubt
L G HARRIS TRUST FY2026	£38k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUST FY2025	£119k	—	above	—	no doubt

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