The Rootes Archive Centre Trust

Analysis

The Rootes Archive Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rootes Archive Centre Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £23k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £43k to £22k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Rootes Archive Centre Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust (£22k), Haughmond Funraisers (£22k) and Colerne Village Hall Association (£22k).