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DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST

Registered charity 209212 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RADCLIFFE TRUST

Making Grants principally for Classical Music Education and Crafts Education, with a limited number of grants in other areas related to education and conservation. Applicants are advised to look at the website for further information.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£486k
Latest spending
£627k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £23,491,068, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of three months' normal operating expenditure and six months' normal grant expenditure. The Trustees confirmed that funds remain sufficient to continue charitable objectives, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of normal operating expenditure and six months of normal grant expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“The Trust will hold in reserve suitable funds to cover up to three months’ normal operating expenditure and six months’ normal grant expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A Trustee of Radcliffe is an Honorary Curator of Ashmolean Museum.
“Ashmolean Museum received a grant of £nil during the year (2024: £2,000). A Trustee of Radcliffe is an Honorary Curator of Ashmolean Museum.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by FKCA Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£600k
Total spending
£573k
Cost of raising funds
£93k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~30.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 15.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£486k£627k
31/03/2024£600k£573k
31/03/2023£646k£669k
31/03/2022£590k£564k
31/03/2021£559k£544k

Common questions

Is DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £23,491,068, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of three months' normal operating expenditure and six months' normal grant expenditure. The Trustees confirmed that funds remain sufficient to continue charitable objectives, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by FKCA Limited.

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
THE TOMLINSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£225k
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£60k
The Brindle Foundation1£14k
DAVID FORBES-NIXON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DR RADCLIFFE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST£486k—0above—no doubt
DR RADCLIFFE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025£198k——unclear—no doubt
CLIFTON COLLEGE ENDOWMENT FUND FY2024£170k—0above—no doubt
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION FY2025£867k—0unclear—no doubt
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£190k——within—no doubt
CLIFTON COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£171k—0below0.1%no doubt

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