The Rothes Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Rothes Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2013, 13 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rothes Charitable Trust reported income of £148k and spending of £153k, spending 103% of its income. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Rothes Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Langdale Trust (£148k), McGrath Taylor Family Charitable Trust (£148k) and The Martyn Bracegirdle Charitable Foundation (£148k).

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.