THE RICEPUDS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1155791 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Trustees intend to concentrate on relieving people in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability or poverty; advancement of health and social care; education; environment protection and improvement; amateur sport; arts; culture; heritage or science.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:-RELIEVING THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR POVERTY;ADVANCING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE;ADVANCING AND PROMOTING EDUCATION;ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT;ADVANCING AMATEUR SPORT;ADVANCING THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£58k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,798,422, which the trustees acknowledge is higher than needed but expected to reduce following a change in funding approach. The charity reported a net income surplus of £89,250 for the year, driven by investment gains, and maintains a reserves policy targeting several years of unrestricted charitable expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity is financially stable with sufficient funds to cover support costs and respond to grant applications.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: several years of unrestricted charitable expenditure (reserves figure: £1.8m)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately several years of unrestricted charitable expenditure” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee W A Rice is also a trustee of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Funds. The trust made a donation of £10,000 to this entity during the year.
“Trustee W A Rice is also a trustee of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Funds (1056452). During the year the trust made a donation of £10,000 (2024: £nil).” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£58k£54k
05/04/2024£49k£34k
05/04/2023£60k£29k
05/04/2022£33k£34k
05/04/2021£41k£13k

Common questions

Is THE RICEPUDS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,798,422, which the trustees acknowledge is higher than needed but expected to reduce following a change in funding approach. The charity reported a net income surplus of £89,250 for the year, driven by investment gains, and maintains a reserves policy targeting several years of unrestricted charitable expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity is financially stable with sufficient funds to cover support costs and respond to grant applications. Its FY2025 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£182k
THE JOHN MACLEOD CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RICEPUDS CHARITABLE TRUST£58k—0above—no doubt
THE CHERUBY TRUST FY2026£207k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ALFRED AND FRANCES RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£31k—0above—no doubt
THE TROUTSDALE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£395k——unclear—no doubt
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£589k—0above—no doubt
THE REVERE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£271k—0unclear—no doubt

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