The Roston Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Roston Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in July 2007, 19 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Roston Charitable Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £50k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £135k to £43k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 1026%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Roston Charitable Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child-Link International Aid Foundation (£43k), Global Fund for Jesus (£43k) and Ali Adam Trust (£43k).

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.