The Road Safety Trust

Analysis

The Road Safety Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 08837451). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Road Safety Trust reported income of £102.1m and spending of £103.9m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £64.2m to £102.1m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Safety Trust sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sense, the National Deafblind and Rubella Association (£101.9m), International Rescue Committee, U.k (£104.1m) and Malaria Consortium (£99.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 100%. Charitable activities took 2.8% of spending and raising funds 97%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.3m. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.