THE GRASSROOTS TRUST

Registered charity 1060034 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOUTHPEACE, WALK THE WALLS · also registered in Scotland as SC046121 (OSCR)

Area of operation: WorldwideActivities: Seeking to advance the Kingdom of God, wherever He calls.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£486k

Latest spending

£431k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus of £55,571 and total unrestricted reserves of £184,920. The trustees report that the charity is in good financial condition with stable standing orders, noting that this is only the second surplus in six years. The reserves policy aims to hold between 33% and 50% of turnover in unrestricted funds to meet obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £50,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“No employee received more than £50,000 in emoluments during the year” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 33% and 50% of turnover (held: £185k)

“we endeavour to make sure that we have always between 33% and 50% of our turnover in our unrestricted funds, as our reserves.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Ruth Raj, daughter of trustee Stuart Boreham, received salary for administrative work.

“£3,056.70 was paid in total as salary to Ruth Raj (daughter of a trustee) for administrative work during the year.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mark Raymond John Pricechair
Bethany Rawding
Claire Corley
James Cameron Walker
MR ROB ANDERSON
Robert Clive Sweatman
Stuart David Howard Boreham

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Egypt · India · Kenya · Kyrgyzstan · Malawi · Peru · Romania · Scotland · Spain · Tanzania · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£486k	£431k
30/04/2024	£471k	£447k
30/04/2023	£444k	£496k
30/04/2022	£447k	£469k
30/04/2021	£459k	£440k

Common questions

Is THE GRASSROOTS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus of £55,571 and total unrestricted reserves of £184,920. The trustees report that the charity is in good financial condition with stable standing orders, noting that this is only the second surplus in six years. The reserves policy aims to hold between 33% and 50% of turnover in unrestricted funds to meet obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE GRASSROOTS TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £50,000 band.

Who funds THE GRASSROOTS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GRASSROOTS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIDFORD, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE BOURNE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIDFORD	FY2024	£1k	Tithe/Charitable giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIDFORD	FY2022	£652	Tithe allocation
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE BOURNE	FY2023	£252
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE BOURNE	FY2024	£84	Grants to charities

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	04/06/2024	£10k	Family Healthy Club
Sport England	06/05/2020	£10k	COVID-19 CEF

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION	1	£220k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£97k
GOWER STREET	1	£24k
THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£20k
THE FREDERICK MULDER FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOBAL CHURCH OF GRACE MINISTRIES.

GLOBAL CHURCH OF GRACE MINISTRIES income £194k
GRAHAM ROWLANDSON FOUNDATION income £319k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
GRACE TRUST (BRISTOL) income £174k
THE GRACE TRUST income £68.2m
The Movements Trust Limited income £631k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GRASSROOTS TRUST	£486k	Under £50,000	unclear	—	no doubt
GLOBAL CHURCH OF GRACE MINISTRIES FY2025	£194k	—	above	—	no doubt
GRAHAM ROWLANDSON FOUNDATION FY2025	£319k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£192k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRACE TRUST (BRISTOL) FY2024	£174k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GRACE TRUST FY2025	£68.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.