RICHARD RADCLIFFE TRUST

Registered charity 1068930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We give grants, not exceeding 5000, to local and national charitable organisations supporting young people to help them get a proper start in life, for example by facilitating technical training. We also support charities helping the physically handicapped, those who are severely deaf and blind, hospice-care for the terminally ill, and nature conservancy.

Objects

1. THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SELECT.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£77k

Latest spending

£85k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted fund reserves of over £2 million, with total funds carried forward at £2,309,329. The trustees consider the charity's assets adequate to fulfil its obligations and believe it will remain a going concern well into the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £64,381 for the year, driven by investment gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Investing charity funds policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr PAUL ANTHONY BEAUFORT RADCLIFFEchair
ADRIAN MARK BELL
Frances Germaine Radcliffe
Penelope Jane Radcliffe

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Cambridgeshire · East Sussex · Essex · Hertfordshire · Kent · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire · Throughout London · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£77k	£85k
31/08/2024	£61k	£51k
31/08/2023	£57k	£79k
31/08/2022	£45k	£97k
31/08/2021	£61k	£50k

Common questions

Is RICHARD RADCLIFFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted fund reserves of over £2 million, with total funds carried forward at £2,309,329. The trustees consider the charity's assets adequate to fulfil its obligations and believe it will remain a going concern well into the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £64,381 for the year, driven by investment gains. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RADFALL CHARITABLE TRUST.

RADFALL CHARITABLE TRUST income £337k
THE RAINFORD TRUST income £313k
RJM CHARITY TRUST income £364k
THE RADFIELD TRUST income £5k
GRAFF FOUNDATION income £1.4m
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST income £486k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RICHARD RADCLIFFE TRUST	£77k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RADFALL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£337k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RAINFORD TRUST FY2024	£313k	—	above	—	no doubt
RJM CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£364k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RADFIELD TRUST FY2025	£5k	—	above	—	no doubt
GRAFF FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.4m	—	above	—	no doubt

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