Roam

Analysis

Roam is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Roam reported income of £28k and spending of £29k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £49k to £28k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Roam sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parents Association of Sandhurst School (£28k), Wellbeing in the Weald (£28k) and Friends of Cannon Lane Primary School (£28k).