DEEP ROOTS TALL TREES

Registered charity 1169357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DRTT

Deep Roots Tall Trees (DRTT) is a Corby-based arts organisation that aims to extend the relevance of music, singing and the arts to the widest possible local and regional audience.

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Latest income
£107k
Latest spending
£84k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves at the end of the period were £2,757, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £9,000 (equivalent to three months of administrative and management costs). Total income for the year was £106,657, with total expenditure amounting to £83,611, resulting in a net surplus of £23,045.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of administrative and management costs (held: £3k)
“the trustees aim to maintain a target level of free reserves equal to three months of administrative and management costs. In 2024/25 this would have equated to approximately £9,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£107k£84k
05/04/2024£83k£84k
05/04/2023£80k£94k
05/04/2022£48k£85k
05/04/2021£57k£41k

Common questions

Is DEEP ROOTS TALL TREES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves at the end of the period were £2,757, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £9,000 (equivalent to three months of administrative and management costs). Total income for the year was £106,657, with total expenditure amounting to £83,611, resulting in a net surplus of £23,045.

Who funds DEEP ROOTS TALL TREES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEEP ROOTS TALL TREES as a grant recipient include THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£6k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/07/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2023£10kCommon Ground
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/09/2023£10k"Eartheart Generations"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/07/2020£9k"COVID19: Deep Roots Tall Trees"
The National Lottery Community Fund06/03/2020£8kBeyond Corby - Celebrating Culture
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/09/2017£41k"Changing Corby: Past, Present, Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/04/2016£9k"Our Woods – exploring the heritage of CorbyÂ’s urban woodlands"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HIGH TREES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEEP ROOTS TALL TREES£107k—0unclear—no doubt
HIGH TREES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£1.9munclear2unclear—no doubt
ROOTED IN FY2025£246k——unclear—no doubt
INTERCULTURAL ROOTS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FY2025£247k—0unclear—no doubt
CITY OF TREES TRUST FY2025£3.6m——below—no doubt
ROOTS AND SHOOTS FY2025£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt

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