The Maurice Henry Roe Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Maurice Henry Roe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 2014, 12 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 December 2025, The Maurice Henry Roe Charitable Trust reported income of £33k and spending of £40k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £33k (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 277% 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 Maurice Henry Roe Charitable Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gillian Stevenson Charitable Trust CIO (£33k), Hapstead Hall (£33k) and The Simone Prendergast Charitable Trust (£33k).

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.