ROMA SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1103782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RSG

We realise the Roma Support Group's aims and objectives by the following activities: A) Advice and advocacy for young people, their families and older Roma; B) Health projects; C) Education support project; D) Sport inclusion project; E) Art and culture development projects; F) Roma culture workshops; G) Roma training schemes; H) Policy and information.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£574k
Latest spending
£457k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £117,467, increasing total funds to £496,021. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £313,708 are within the stated policy target of six to twelve months of expenditure (£230,000–£460,000). The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ferguson Maidment & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£574k
Total spending
£457k
Cost of raising funds
£33k
Reserves (reported)
£314k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£574k£457k
31/01/2024£415k£466k
31/01/2023£432k£407k
31/01/2022£381k£388k
31/01/2021£495k£347k

Common questions

Is ROMA SUPPORT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £117,467, increasing total funds to £496,021. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £313,708 are within the stated policy target of six to twelve months of expenditure (£230,000–£460,000). The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties affecting the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ferguson Maidment & Co.

Who funds ROMA SUPPORT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROMA SUPPORT GROUP as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£168kRoma policy and campaigning project
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2025£40kRoma Policy & Campaigning Project 2024-26

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust16/10/2025£25kA grant to Roma Support Group
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2019£308kKETANE - TOGETHER: Roma Shaping Futures
City Bridge Foundation14/11/2018£85kGrant to Roma Support Group
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/09/2016£77k"Roma stories, a Roma Oral History project:"
City Bridge Foundation13/05/2015£123kGrant to Roma Support Group
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2005£104kRoma Art Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/10/2005£45k"Roma Culture Participation Project"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNION ROMANI VOICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROMA SUPPORT GROUP£574k—0within—no doubt
UNION ROMANI VOICE FY2026£190k——below—no doubt
THE ROMA PROJECT FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
Refugee Support Group FY2025£973k—0unclear—no doubt
REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
ROMSEY YOUNG CARERS FY2025£147k—0unclear—no doubt

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