Rooke Atlay Charitable Trust

Analysis

Rooke Atlay Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northallerton. It was registered in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Rooke Atlay Charitable Trust reported income of £36k and spending of £60k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £13k to £36k (+184%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Rooke Atlay Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rewrite Your Story Ltd (£36k), 1st Goring-By-Sea Scout Group (£36k) and Newport Young Farmers' Club (£36k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.