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

Objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE TO FURTHER ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:-(1) THE RELIEF OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES (THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID LONDON BOROUGH BEING HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE SAID INHABITANTS”) WHO ARE POOR OR OTHERWISE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;(2) THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AMONG THE SAID INHABITANTS;(3) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT (WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE) OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION;(4) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;(5) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (WHETHER OR NOT OF A NATURE SIMILAR TO ANY OF THOSE HEREINBEFORE SPECIFIED) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.(2) THE TRUSTEES MAY APPROPRIATE THE LAND AND BUILDINGS BELONGING TO THE CHARITY OR ANY PART THEREOF FOR USE FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHIN THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES

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

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

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

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 4.7 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 5.3%) (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
• Gary Clements
• MARK O'KELLY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Owen Carew-Jones
• Sarah Louise Lester · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Speak
• Tatyana Mursalimov
• 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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES VOLUNTARY FUND.

• THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES VOLUNTARY FUND income £67k
• Richmond Education Foundation income £327k
• RICHMOND CHARITIES income £4.9m
• RICHMOND HILL ELDERLY ACTION LIMITED income £227k
• Friends of Lift Richmond Park income £40k
• RICHMOND CHURCH CHARITY ESTATES income £490k

Side by side with its peers

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