RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 513727 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M I H CHARITABLE TRUST, RIVERSIDE HOUSING ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST, THE M I H CHARITABLE TRUST

Promotes any charitable purposes within and around England, Wales and Scotland with emphasis on such parts of the areas where the charity The Riverside Group Ltd has provided housing accommodation.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WITHIN AND AROUND THE AREAS WHERE THE RIVERSIDE GROUP LIMITED (A COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETY WITH REGISTERED NUMBER 30938R) OR ITS SUCCESSOR IN TITLE (TRGL) AND EACH SUBSIDIARY OF TRGL, ANY BODY CORPORATE OF WHICH TRGL IS A SUBSIDIARY AND ANY SUBSIDIARY OF SUCH BODY CORPORATE THAT IS A CHARITABLE HOUSING PROVIDER (FOR THIS PURPOSE “SUBSIDIARY” HAS THE MEANING WITHIN THE CO-OPERATIVE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETIES ACT 2014 AND/OR THE COMPANIES ACT 2006) HAS PROVIDED HOUSING ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER SERVICES (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES DIRECTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PREVENTION OF ILL HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AND IN PARTICULAR POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OCCASIONED BY UNEMPLOYMENT AND TO CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS AND THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS (BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE).

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £91,078 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £2,494,774. Per the trustees' report, the charity's financial position is described as strong, with total reserves of £1,623,677, significantly above the stated policy target of £25,000. The trustees are confident that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO 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.

• 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hazel Joanna Waddingtonchair
• Alison Margaret Stock-Caldwell
• Dr Catherine Mary Lee
• Glenn Garrett
• Janine Harries

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST.

• RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST income £156k
• RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £268k
• RIVERSIDE ESTUARY LIMITED income £5.5m
• RIVERSIDE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £46k
• RIVERSIDE ADVICE LTD income £539k
• RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION LIMITED income £143k

Side by side with its peers

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