Grass Roots Rwanda

Analysis

Grass Roots Rwanda is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tewkesbury. It was registered in April 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Grass Roots Rwanda reported income of £30k and spending of £50k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £82k to £30k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Grass Roots Rwanda sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of St Edmund Hall Boat Club (£30k), The Cassel Hospital Charitable Trust (£30k) and Wales Romanian Aid (£30k).

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.