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RIFT VALLEY RESEARCH LIMITED

Registered charity 1144010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIFT VALLEY INSTITUTE (RVI)

The activities of the Rift Valley Institute comprise field-based, action-oriented social research projects, support for indigenous educational institutions, in-country training courses, consultative processes, legal support programmes and an online digital library. They are designed to inform aid interventions, support local research capacity, record indigenous culture and promote human rights.

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Latest income
£4.6m
Latest spending
£4.4m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to US$ 1,160,185, significantly exceeding the stated policy target range of US$ 390,000 to US$ 430,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated a surplus and maintains sufficient cash resources to meet liabilities as they fall due, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: $74,000-$85,999 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) during the year between: $61,000-$73,999 $74,000-$85,999” — page 42
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Somali Dialogue Platform (46% of income)
“The SDP, however, remained the Institute’s largest source of income, contributing 46 per cent of the total income.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: US$ 390,000 to US$ 430,000 (held: £1.2m)
“It is therefore intended that the organization will hold General Unrestricted Reserves in the range US$ 390,000 to US$ 430,000, this being broadly equivalent to five months operating costs, covering staff salaries, office leases and redundancy payments to cover closure costs.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Parker Russell UK LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£4.6m
Total spending
£4.4m
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£923k
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · Kensington And Chelsea · Kenya · Somalia · South Sudan

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£4.6m£4.4m
31/12/2023£4.8m£4.7m
31/12/2022£3.9m£3.9m
31/12/2021£2.7m£2.6m
31/12/2020£1.8m£1.8m

Common questions

Is RIFT VALLEY RESEARCH LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to US$ 1,160,185, significantly exceeding the stated policy target range of US$ 390,000 to US$ 430,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated a surplus and maintains sufficient cash resources to meet liabilities as they fall due, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Parker Russell UK LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of RIFT VALLEY RESEARCH LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the $74,000-$85,999 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION1—
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES1£3.0m
FITZGERALD FAMILY FOUNDATION1£275k
THE MCBAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION1£220k
THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE (UK)1£206k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£170k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£151k
HAYDEN FAMILY (UK) LTD.1£145k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIFT VALLEY RESEARCH LIMITED£4.6m$74,000-$85,9990unclear—no doubt
AFRICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FY2026£100k——unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FY2025£20.2m——unclear—no doubt
ALBERTINE RIFT CONSERVATION SOCIETY FY2024£11.5m£60,000 or less0unclear—no doubt
COUNCIL FOR BRITISH RESEARCH IN THE LEVANT FY2025£766k£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
Ripple Effect International FY2025£12.6m——below—no doubt

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