The Sir James Roll Charitable Trust
At a glance
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Key takeaways
- The Trust is no longer open to new grant applicants and takes applications by invitation only, so a small charity should not send it an unsolicited request.
- Its grants must be in accordance with its objects, so your work needs to sit within its stated purposes of religious tolerance, computer access in schools and community projects, or early identification of specific learning disorders.
- If it does invite you to apply, a modest request fits: about 8 in 10 of its 151 grants to organisations fall between £1,000 and £1,500, with a median of £1,250, although its largest grant was £10,000.
- Only registered charitable organisations can apply, and community projects involving political parties or local government are excluded.
Overview
The Sir James Roll Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1064963).
The Sir James Roll Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that supports registered charitable organisations through grants. Its stated purposes include promoting mutual tolerance, commonality and cordiality in major world religions, furthering access to computer technology as a teaching medium at primary school levels, and funding projects aimed at early identification of specific learning disorders. It paid £193,500 in giving in the year reported in its annual report, and its trustees may also support other charitable objects in any part of the world.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 March 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 25 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Trust provides public benefit by supporting registered charitable organisations through grants. Its stated purposes include promoting mutual tolerance, commonality and cordiality in major world religions; furthering access to computer technology as a teaching medium at primary school levels; improving access to computer technology in community-based projects other than political parties or local government; and funding projects aimed at early identification of specific learning disorders. The trustees may also support or establish other charitable objects in any part of the world at their absolute discretion. It supports organisations pursuing these educational, religious-tolerance and learning-disorder purposes, while retaining discretion over other charitable objects.
Themes
- Religious tolerance
- Computer access
- Learning disorder identification
Geographic Focus
Any part of the world.
What they don't fund
- New grant applicants
- Organisations that are not registered charitable organisations
- Community based projects involving political parties or local government
How to apply
The charity states that it takes applications by invitation only.
Who can apply:
- Registered charitable organisations
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- All grants must be in accordance with the Trust's objects.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 151 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size
Median £1,250 (year to 31 March 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- CRISIS£10,000year to 31 March 2025
- BEDE House Association£1,500year to 31 March 2025
- Brain Tumour Research£1,500year to 31 March 2025
- British Disabled Angling Association£1,500year to 31 March 2025
- British Liver Trust£1,500year to 31 March 2025
- CRIMINON UK£1,500year to 31 March 2025
- Crohn's and Colitis UK£1,500year to 31 March 2025
- Designability£1,500year to 31 March 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 with no amount stated.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £198,491 | £198,740 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £230,662 | £235,980 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £253,473 | £289,061 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £244,699 | £274,243 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £247,896 | £252,147 | £193,500 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 25 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission