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THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY

Registered charity 225356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY

The principal object of the Charity is that its income be applied to such charitable purposes as the trustees think fit but excluding any purposes they consider to be of a warlike character. Some priority is given to Quaker causes wherever they may be and a high priority is also given to causes aimed at bringing benefit to the people of Hull and East Yorkshire.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £205,620, which the trustees consider broadly in line with their policy target of maintaining funds for approximately three months of routine grant making and emergency applications. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £808,899 for the year, supported by investment income of £1,751,767, against total expenditure of £2,255,469.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £206k; policy: three months routine grant making)
“The level of free reserves at 31 December 2024 of £205,620 (2023: £532,603), is broadly in line with the reserves policy given the future grants already committed.” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Pickering & Hull Area Quaker Meeting
“During the year the Charity made two grants (2023: one) to the Pickering & Hull Area Quaker Meeting totalling £13,000 (2023: £3,000) of which Mrs M Fisher is a trustee. These grants were awarded in accordance with the Charity's grant making policies.” — page 36
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£174k
Reserves (reported)
£206k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.8m£2.3m
31/12/2023£1.8m£2.4m
31/12/2022£1.8m£3.4m
31/12/2021£1.7m£1.8m
31/12/2020£1.6m£1.5m

Common questions

Is THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £205,620, which the trustees consider broadly in line with their policy target of maintaining funds for approximately three months of routine grant making and emergency applications. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £808,899 for the year, supported by investment income of £1,751,767, against total expenditure of £2,255,469. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Smailes Goldie.

Who funds THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY as a grant recipient include BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2023£4kGrants
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2024£4kGrants: Sir James Reckitt Charity

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
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION1£10k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HULL TRINITY HOUSE CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY£1.8m—0below—no doubt
HULL TRINITY HOUSE CHARITY FY2025£4.2m——unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROSS WARBURTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£267k—0above—no doubt
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£491k—0unclear—no doubt

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