RISE:61

Registered charity 1158086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide positive opportunities for young people living on Bemerton Heath estate, Salisbury, encouraging them to tell a different story with their lives. Through sport, mentoring, community projects and social enterprises, we empower young people to redirect their futures. We believe in championing a generation who will help others succeed in years to come.

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Latest income
£342k
Latest spending
£263k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £732,356, comprising £72,428 in general funds and £659,928 in designated funds for fixed assets. The trustees confirm that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet current commitments with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis.

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Total income
£633k
Total spending
£228k
Reserves (reported)
£52k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£342k£263k
31/08/2024£427k£272k
31/08/2023£633k£228k
31/08/2022£198k£167k
31/08/2021£115k£93k

Common questions

Is RISE:61 financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £732,356, comprising £72,428 in general funds and £659,928 in designated funds for fixed assets. The trustees confirm that future reserves and income are sufficient to meet current commitments with no material uncertainties affecting the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RISE:61?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RISE:61 as a grant recipient include THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION, THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDONFY2025£15kNot specified in list
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£10kSmaller Grants
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATIONFY2022£4k
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2022£324kRise:61 Youth Hubs
Sport England01/06/2020£5kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2017£10kBemerton Heath Bike Hub

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 TALENT RISE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RISE:61£342k—0unclear—no doubt
TALENT RISE FY2024£255k—0above—no doubt
THE RISE TRUST FY2025£401k—0unclear—no doubt
R.I.S.E. (REFUGE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION) FY2025£907k—0unclear—no doubt
TEAM RISE FY2025£207k—0unclear—no doubt
RISE SUPPORT FY2025£632k—0unclear—no doubt

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