Roots Foundation

Analysis

Roots Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05928707). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Roots Foundation reported income of £89k and spending of £88k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £9,940 to £89k (+791%), an average of +73% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Roots Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for the Polish Family/ Stowarzyszenie Na Rzecz Polskich Rodzin Pyza (£88k), The Doxa Project Limited (£89k) and Pendower Good Neighbour House Project (£88k).