The Roundwood Trust

Analysis

The Roundwood Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nuneaton. It was registered in August 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Roundwood Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £50k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £98k to £31k (-69%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Roundwood Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community, Advice, Support and Education (£31k), The Shoebury Ark (£31k) and Bradford Cinderella Club (£31k).