D M G Roper Charitable Trust

Analysis

D M G Roper Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, D M G Roper Charitable Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £30k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £19k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 190% 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, D M G Roper Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Friends of Lord Harris Court (£19k), Elford Village Hall (£19k) and Rhoose Community Association (£19k).

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.