The Edward Rose Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Edward Rose Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Edward Rose Charitable Trust reported income of £84k and spending of £43k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £75k to £84k (+12%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Edward Rose Charitable Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wokingham Fireworks Charitable Trust (£84k), The Pennycress Trust (£84k) and Hyndburn Voluntary and Community Resource Centre Ltd (£84k).