Rosca Trust grants
Rosca Trust gives grants to voluntary and community groups in Southend on Sea, Rochford and Castle Point, usually up to a maximum of £5,000.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Rosca Trust provides grants to voluntary and community groups in the Southend on Sea, Rochford and Castle Point local authority areas. The maximum grant is usually £5,000. Trustees are particularly interested in small, grass root organisations, but will consider applications from larger groups. It does not make ongoing support commitments and prefers to support specific projects or equipment needs. It will not consider causes outside those groups, or applications from individuals. There is no application form: applications should be in writing and sent by post, and trustees meet in January, May and September, with applications needed by the end of the previous month.
What they fund
The Charity Commission record lists Rosca Trust across a wide set of purposes, including the prevention or relief of poverty, disability, health, arts and heritage, recreation, the environment, and community development. Its own guidance narrows this to specific projects or equipment needs.
Who and where
The register records its beneficiaries as people with disabilities, children and young people, older people, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, and other charities and voluntary bodies, and lists it as working in the East of England. Its own guidance limits grants to the Southend on Sea, Rochford and Castle Point local authority areas.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Rosca Trust says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
What they say they're looking for
“The Trustees are particularly interested in small, grass root organisations but will consider applications from larger groups”
Source: roscatrust.org.uk — About Us - How to Apply →
Who they say they'll fund
“We provide grants to voluntary and community groups in Southend on Sea, Rochford and Castle Point local authority areas”
Source: roscatrust.org.uk — About Us - How to Apply →
What they say they won't fund
“The ROSCA Trust does not make ongoing support commitments and prefers to support specific projects or equipment needs”
Source: roscatrust.org.uk — About Us - How to Apply →
“It will only consider one application from each organisation at a time and only one application within a 12 month period”
Source: roscatrust.org.uk — About Us - How to Apply →
“The Trust will not consider other worthy causes outside these groups or applications from individuals”
Source: roscatrust.org.uk — The ROSCA Trust →
Grant sizes they mention
“The maximum grant is usually £5,000.00”
Source: roscatrust.org.uk — About Us - How to Apply →
How they say to apply
“There is no application form but applications should be in writing to The ROSCA Trust”
Source: roscatrust.org.uk — About Us - How to Apply →
“The Trustees meet three times a year - January, May and September. For applications to be considered at this meeting, they will need to be received by post by the end of the previous month”
Source: roscatrust.org.uk — About Us - How to Apply →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
During the lifetime of the settlor, to pay or apply the income and the capital of the trust fund as the settlor directs to such charities or for such charitable purposes and in such propoptions and in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the settlor may from time to time direct and in default of…
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
How much does Rosca Trust typically give?
Its guidance says the maximum grant is usually £5,000. In its latest reported financial year the Trust made £161,695 in grants to organisations.
What does Rosca Trust fund?
It prefers to support specific projects or equipment needs rather than ongoing costs, and does not make ongoing support commitments.
Who can apply?
Voluntary and community groups in the Southend on Sea, Rochford and Castle Point local authority areas. The Trustees are particularly interested in small, grass root organisations, but will consider applications from larger groups.
What won't Rosca Trust fund?
It will not consider causes outside the groups it supports, and it does not accept applications from individuals. It will only consider one application from each organisation at a time, and only one application within a 12 month period.
How do I apply?
There is no application form. Applications should be made in writing to the Trust and sent by post. The Trustees meet three times a year, in January, May and September, and applications need to be received by post by the end of the previous month to be considered at a meeting. Check the funder's own website (www.roscatrust.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 259907) for current guidance and dates, as processes can change.
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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Rosca Trust.