RIPPLE SUICIDE PREVENTION CHARITY

Registered charity 1194331 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our purpose is to ensure immediate mental health support is presented to individuals following a harmful online search via innovative technology and consisting of a choice of help and resources to prevent self-harm and suicide.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SAVE LIVES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AN ONLINE MONITORING TOOL AND OTHER SERVICES IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACCESSING HARMFUL ONLINE CONTENT RELATING TO SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE AND INCREASE THE USE OF MENTAL HEALTH, BEREAVEMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£420k
Latest spending
£453k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £33,326 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total expenditure of £453,300 against incoming resources of £419,974. Unrestricted reserves decreased to £434,399, which the trustees state is maintained in line with their policy of holding three to six months' expenditure. The accounts were examined by an independent examiner who reported no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six-months’ expenditure (reserves figure: £434k)
“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six-months’ expenditure.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Ripple Online Safety Limited
“During the year, the charity received donations totalling £75,000 (2024: £56,054) from Ripple Online Safety Limited, a company of which one of the charity's trustees is a director.” — page 72
“The charity continues to employ the father of one of its trustees. Total remuneration paid during the year was £46,163, including employer pension contributions of £1,163.” — page 72
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration to father of a trustee
“During the year, the charity received donations totalling £75,000 (2024: £56,054) from Ripple Online Safety Limited, a company of which one of the charity's trustees is a director.” — page 72
“The charity continues to employ the father of one of its trustees. Total remuneration paid during the year was £46,163, including employer pension contributions of £1,163.” — page 72
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £37,355 — contracts £37,355 (4); 7% of the £563,114 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 03/12/2024, 33 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — R;pple (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£563k
Total spending
£261k
Reserves (reported)
£631k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~29.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · Ireland · Isle Of Man · New Zealand · Scotland · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£420k£453k
31/12/2024£289k£452k
31/12/2023£563k£261k
31/12/2022£332k£185k
31/12/2021£183k£18k

Common questions

Is RIPPLE SUICIDE PREVENTION CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £33,326 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total expenditure of £453,300 against incoming resources of £419,974. Unrestricted reserves decreased to £434,399, which the trustees state is maintained in line with their policy of holding three to six months' expenditure. The accounts were examined by an independent examiner who reported no matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2021£10kRipple Suicide Prevention

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 ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RIPPLE SUICIDE PREVENTION CHARITY£420k—0unclear—no doubt
ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
MINDAPPLES FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION FY2026£54k——unclear—no doubt
Rethink Mental Illness FY2025£43.9m£190,001 - £200,000—unclear—no doubt
THE HELPLINE FY2025£165k—0below10.2%no doubt

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