EL RIO FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1114526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRANK DAVIES FAMILY TRUST

Grants to individual people in need in the third world, or organisations on behalf of those individual people. The trustees will make grants to other charities and organisations which offer help to people in need

Objects

1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, CLEAN WATER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FACILITIES.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds decreased from £18,520 to £8,196, resulting in a net deficit of £10,324 for the year. The charity holds a minimum reserves policy of £10,000, meaning current unrestricted reserves are below this stated target. No investments or other assets are currently held, with the charity relying entirely on cash funds.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — El Rio Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CATHERINE BRIDGET DAVIESchair
• Briony Jane Hacking
• JAMES BLOOMER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Colombia · Cumbria

Income and spending

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