The Roerig Trust

Analysis

The Roerig Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Letchworth Garden City. It was registered in December 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Roerig Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £5,448, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,330 to £11k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Roerig Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fulford School Fund (£11k), St Paul's Child Contact Centre Bracknell (£11k) and The Jubilant Trust (£11k).