The Red Rose Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Red Rose Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in June 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Red Rose Charitable Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £55k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £33k to £44k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Red Rose Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Talking Taboos Foundation (£44k), New Life Community Church Tonyrefail (£44k) and Bethlehem Church Life Centre (£44k).

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.