The Roger Tanner Trust

Analysis

The Roger Tanner Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in September 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Roger Tanner Trust reported income of £522k and spending of £353k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £1,660 to £522k (+31368%), an average of +321% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 5555%. Over the whole period it spent 33% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Roger Tanner Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Witham Hall Limited (£522k), Culture& Arts and Heritage (£523k) and More Music in Morecambe (£522k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and investments 9.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £469k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £314k. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 98 months of spending at that rate.