THE RISE TRUST

Registered charity 1114446 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REACH INCLUDE SUPPORT ENABLE

Providing social development support and activities for the North Wiltshire community - aged 2-19 years. Youth services for young people aged 9-19 years; Youth safe spaces; Youth detached support and activities; primary and secondary Alternative Provision; a pre-school setting; primary school mentoring; and volunteer opportunities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF CHIPPENHAM AND OTHER PARTS OF WILTSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA;TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AMONGST ITS RESIDENTS;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ITS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES (INCLUDING EDUCATION IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH); AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THEIR COMMUNITY IN WAYS WHICH ADDRESS AND ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE. FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: CHIPPENHAM AND OTHER PARTS OF WILTSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The RISE Trust reported a deficit of £152,127 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a significant drop in income due to the loss of a major council contract. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £500,408, which exceeds its stated policy target of £250,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05662408

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The RISE Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Garfield Weston — “We are very excited to be chosen by Garfield Weston to receive a core costs grant for 2025-2026 … thank you so much!” (source page)
• Children in Need — “Proud to be supported by Children in Need” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LAVENDER, Mark Hywel — director, appointed 13/01/2026on trustee list
• BRIDGEWOOD, Lucy Katherine Anne — director, appointed 13/01/2026on trustee list
• DIEGUTIS, Kelera — director, appointed 11/03/2025on trustee list
• SEATON, Anita — director, appointed 06/07/2023on trustee list
• SIMMONS, Mo Ellen — director, appointed 24/04/2023on trustee list
• POWELL, David Lloyd Blake — director, appointed 16/01/2017on trustee list
• BRIDGEWOOD, Lucy Katherine Anne — secretary, appointed 15/07/2026

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anita Seaton
• David Powell
• Kelera Diegutis
• Lucy Bridgewood
• Mark Lavender
• Mo Ellen Simmons

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 RISE:61.

• RISE:61 income £342k
• R.I.S.E. (REFUGE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION) income £907k
• TALENT RISE income £311k
• TEAM RISE income £207k
• ISLE OF WIGHT YOUTH TRUST income £1.3m
• YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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