Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities

Analysis

Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Todmorden. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07000022). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6,093 to £12k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Warwickshire and Coventry Historic Churches Trust (£12k), Baffins Pond Association (£12k) and The Fusilier Museum Memorial Trust (£12k).

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.