The Rowland Betty Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Rowland Betty Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Rowland Betty Memorial Trust reported income of £35k and spending of £43k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £20k to £35k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 315%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Rowland Betty Memorial Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Garston Village Hall (£35k), Thorne Lodge Charitable Trust (£35k) and Feoffee or Town Estates (£35k).

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.