Rough Patch Trust

Analysis

Rough Patch Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Belper. It was registered in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Rough Patch Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £19k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,992 to £16k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rough Patch Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chelmsford Spiritualist Society Limited (£16k), Thetford & District Dementia Support Group (£16k) and The Simon and Suzanne McKenna Charity (£16k).