The Grassroots Trust

Analysis

The Grassroots Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Farnham. It was registered in January 1997, 29 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Grassroots Trust reported income of £486k and spending of £431k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £459k to £486k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Grassroots Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Activlives (£486k), The Simon Heller Charitable Settlement (£486k) and World Wellbeing Movement Ltd (£486k).