Richmond Education Foundation

Registered charity 288205 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OF RICHMOND COLLEGE, THE RICHMOND COLLEGE FOUNDATION, THE RICHMOND FOUNDATION

The objective of the charity is to further the education of the students of Richmond, The American International University in London Inc, by the provision of:Facilities and EquipmentRestricted and Unrestricted cash donationsScholarship, endorsements and special educational programmes

Objects

TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS OF RICHMOND COLLEGE (ESTABLISHED IN LONDON, ENGLAND) BY PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FACULTY AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES, SCHOLARSHIPS ENDOWMENTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

Area of benefit: CATCHMENT AREA OF THE RICHMOND COLLEGE

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

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation reported a consolidated loss of £140k for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds being in deficit by £59k. The Trustees intend to clear these historical deficits in 2025/26, relying on the continued support of the University and the income generated by the endowment to maintain going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: RICHMOND COLLEGE SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 02234479 · Financial health read from its filings

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• R U Trustee Limited
• Richmond, the American International University in London, Inc.

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Richmond Foundation.

• Richmond Foundation income £2.3m
• LONDON EDUCATION TRUST income £231k
• READING EDUCATION TRUST income £1.1m
• THE REDDIFORD SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.1m
• THE MINTRIDGE FOUNDATION income £140k
• WILLIAMS COLLEGE FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £40k

Side by side with its peers

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