The Rockspring Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Rockspring Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 Rockspring Charitable Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £173k, leaving 89% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £474k to £1.5m (+219%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 528%. Over the whole period it spent 22% 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 Rockspring Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Action on Street Health (£1.5m), Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited (£1.5m) and The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 7.3%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 11%. Grants to other organisations totalled £135k. Reserves of £86k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate.