David Robarts Charitable Trust

Analysis

David Robarts Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1964, 62 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 April 2025, David Robarts Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £23k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £20k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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, David Robarts Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The L and R Tanner Foundation (£20k), The Sir Hugh and Lady Bell Trust (£20k) and The William of Wykeham Lodge Benevolent Fund (£20k).

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.