The R V Coleman Trust

Analysis

The R V Coleman Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dover. It was registered in December 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The R V Coleman Trust reported income of £84k and spending of £112k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £64k to £84k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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 R V Coleman Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ludwick Family Centre (£84k), Recovery Partners Limited (£84k) and Friends of Lydney Hospital (£84k).

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.