The Road Victims Trust

Analysis

The Road Victims Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07591489). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Road Victims Trust reported income of £340k and spending of £433k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £336k to £340k (+1.0%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Road Victims Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Child Health Research CIO (£339k), Rycroft Leisure (£340k) and Horden Recreation Ground (£339k).