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RICHMOND CHARITIES

Registered charity 200431 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RICHMOND CHARITIES ALMSHOUSES

The Charity's object is to house people over the age of 65 who are in housing need and financial need and who have lived for at least the last 2 years in the London Borough of Richmond and who are able to live independently.

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Latest income
£4.9m
Latest spending
£3.8m
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £17,775,000, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £1.6m (equivalent to six months' expenditure). The charity reported a net income increase of £1,747,000 for the year, supported by strong investment performance and maintained occupancy in its almshouse provision.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 — 4” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 4
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 — 4” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately six months’ expenditure (minimum £1.6m) (held: £17.8m)
“The Trustees consider it prudent to hold at least an amount equivalent to approximately six months’ expenditure as free reserves, which approximates to a minimum of £1.6m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Moore Barlow LLP is a firm of solicitors in which trustee Katherine Maxwell is a Partner. The charity procured services from this firm.
“The charity procured services at a cost of £11,234 (2024: 17,640) from Moore Barlow, a firm of solicitors in which Katherine Maxwell (trustee) is a Partner. £564 (2024: £nil) of this was outstanding at year end and was included in creditors.” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£4.9m
Total spending
£3.8m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£17.8m
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~56.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (62% 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: 23.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£4.9m£3.8m
31/12/2024£5.3m£4.2m
31/12/2023£4.6m£3.7m
31/12/2022£4.5m£3.2m
31/12/2021£4.3m£3.8m

Common questions

Is RICHMOND CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £17,775,000, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £1.6m (equivalent to six months' expenditure). The charity reported a net income increase of £1,747,000 for the year, supported by strong investment performance and maintained occupancy in its almshouse provision. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of RICHMOND CHARITIES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 4 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds RICHMOND CHARITIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RICHMOND CHARITIES as a grant recipient include THE SUNNY SKIES FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SUNNY SKIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Richmond Foundation2£178k
The Barnes Fund2£76k
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT1£218k
AGE UK1£104k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST1£50k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY, BARNES1£16k
THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF SAINT LOUIS CIO1£5k
THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE UK RICHMOND UPON THAMES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RICHMOND CHARITIES£4.9m£60,001 - £70,0004unclear—no doubt
AGE UK RICHMOND UPON THAMES FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES UNITED CHARITIES FY2025£251k—0unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND NATIONAL SCHOOLS TRUST FY2025£251k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES VOLUNTARY FUND FY2025£264k—0unclear—no doubt
Richmond Foundation FY2025£2.3m——unclear—no doubt

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