RYDAL HALL LIMITED

Registered charity 1176419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RYDAL HALL CHARITY LIMITED

The provision of a Christian Retreat Centre

Objects

2.1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1.1. TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE DIOCESE OF CARLISLE AND COUNTY OF CUMBRIA;2.1.2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):2.1.2.1. PROVIDING A WELCOME AND RETREAT HOUSE AND FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTY WISHING TO LEARN ABOUT AND/OR PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION;2.1.2.2. DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH IN PRAYER, MISSION AND SPIRITUALITY WITHIN THE DIOCESE OF CARLISLE AND COUNTY OF CUMBRIA;2.1.3. SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES THAT THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an unrestricted deficit of £70,506 for the year, with closing reserves in deficit by £311,781. The trustees report that the group is dependent on the ongoing support of its parent charity, the Carlisle Diocesan Board of Finance, to continue trading. Despite high levels of inflation, total costs fell slightly to £1,400,388, although group income also decreased to £1,329,882.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dodd & Co Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2023) → no going-concern doubt (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02561024
• Trading subsidiary: RYDAL HALL TRADING LIMITED Companies House 11118167

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Lawrence Basham — Chaplain (source)

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BUSK, Claire Janet — director, appointed 17/06/2026on trustee list
• THOMSON, John Bromilow, The Right Reverend — director, appointed 16/01/2026on trustee list
• GRIMSHAW, Richard David — director, appointed 05/01/2026not on trustee list
• HEBDON, Trevor — director, appointed 05/01/2026on trustee list
• YATES, Peter Nigel — director, appointed 17/04/2018on trustee list
• JAQUES, Richard David — secretary, appointed 30/08/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (53% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Janet Busk · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Nigel Yates
• Richard David Grimshaw OBE
• Rt Rev John Bromilow Thomson
• Trevor Hebdon · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• The Chiltern Centre Limited income £1.3m
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Side by side with its peers

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