Richmond Foundation

Registered charity 200069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RICHMOND PARISH CHARITY LANDS, RICHMOND PARISH LANDS CHARITY, RPLC

Richmond Foundation administers a royal gift made in 1786 to help the community in Richmond. Through grant-giving, education support and charitable housing we seek to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people within our benefit area

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased by 11% to £2.3m, while total expenditure increased to £4.2m, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1.1m and maintains a cash deposit of £1.4m, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet short-term liquidity requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Critchleys Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Phil Barron — CEO (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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Hampton Fund — “Richmond Foundation has continued to support the creation of the OneRichmond initiative alongside Hampton Fund and City Bridge Foundation.” (source page)
• City Bridge Foundation — “Richmond Foundation has continued to support the creation of the OneRichmond initiative alongside Hampton Fund and City Bridge Foundation.” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (46% 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: 26.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Mary Elizabeth Frederica Heneschair
• Chris Phillips
• Claire O'Donnell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Councillor Richard Pyne · trustee of 1 other charity
• Duncan Richford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Owen Carew-Jones
• Sarah Louise Lester · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Speak
• david herring · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey

Income and spending

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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 RICHMOND CHARITIES.

• RICHMOND CHARITIES income £4.9m
• THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES VOLUNTARY FUND income £264k
• HOME-START RICHMOND, KINGSTON & HOUNSLOW income £496k
• Richmond Education Foundation income £327k
• RICHMOND NATIONAL SCHOOLS TRUST income £251k
• RICHMOND TRUST FUND income £220k

Side by side with its peers

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