Rokpa Trust

Analysis

Rokpa Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03260031). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rokpa Trust reported income of £2.3m and spending of £1.5m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £892k to £2.3m (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rokpa Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aegis Trust (£2.3m), Birkenhead Young Men's Christian Association (£2.3m) and The Women's Organisation (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 41%, trading 21%, donations and legacies 20% and investments 8.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £8,421. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. Reserves of £7.3m would cover about 59 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.