The Roger Raymond Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Roger Raymond Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Roger Raymond Charitable Trust reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.2m, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £520k to £2.1m (+298%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 252%. Over the whole period it spent 177% 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 Roger Raymond Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United for Global Mental Health (£2.1m), The Mary Frances Trust (£2.1m) and North Kent Mind (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81% and investments 19%. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 18%. Grants to other organisations totalled £889k. Reserves of £18.0m would cover about 159 months of spending at that rate.