RICNIC
Registered charity 1158837 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
1. To improve access to the creative arts for young people especially and for society more generally. 2. To help and educate young people in order that they develop their capabilities and skills, and grow to increased maturity. 3. Where appropriate, to work with and support the work of other organisations to further the charitable objects and mission central to RicNic.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that RicNic aims to hold a minimum of £30,000 in unrestricted reserves to cover six months of salary and running costs. The charity reported a significant recovery in grant income for 2024, which surpassed all previous years, following a sharp drop in 2023. Trustee consultations confirmed that the charity had returned to previous cash flow levels with scope to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of salary and running costs (held: £30k)
“RicNic aims to hold a minimum of 6 months of salary and running costs (non project) as unrestricted reserves each year, currently amounting to £30,000 per annum.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
- Hannah Jane Lindseychair
- Autumn Jade Beddoe
- Caroline Mary Davis
- Christopher Robert Slesser
- Jessica Mabel Williams
- Lucy Thomson-Smith
- Natalie Emma Haslam
- Samuel Oladeinde
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire East · Sandwell · Staffordshire · Walsall
Income and spending
Common questions
Is RICNIC financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that RicNic aims to hold a minimum of £30,000 in unrestricted reserves to cover six months of salary and running costs. The charity reported a significant recovery in grant income for 2024, which surpassed all previous years, following a sharp drop in 2023. Trustee consultations confirmed that the charity had returned to previous cash flow levels with scope to continue operations.
Who funds RICNIC?
Funders whose own accounts filings name RICNIC as a grant recipient include THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST.
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