Shoresh Charitable Trust (Dr Ruth Borchard Gift)

Analysis

Shoresh Charitable Trust (Dr Ruth Borchard Gift) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Towcester. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shoresh Charitable Trust (Dr Ruth Borchard Gift) reported income of £146k and spending of £535k, spending 367% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £110k to £146k (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 360% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shoresh Charitable Trust (Dr Ruth Borchard Gift) sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sant Ishar Singh Ji Rara Sahib (£146k), The Drop in - Portland (£146k) and Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity (£146k).

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.