The Roan Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Roan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodford Green. It was registered in February 2008, 18 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Roan Charitable Trust reported income of £192k and spending of £536k, spending 279% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £204k to £192k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 267% 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 Roan Charitable Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Basingstoke Neighbourcare (£192k), The Equilibrium Charitable Trust (£192k) and Our Bolton NHS Charity (£191k).

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.