Rowner Community Trust

Analysis

Rowner Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gosport. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03338418). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rowner Community Trust reported income of £229k and spending of £281k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £301k to £229k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rowner Community Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Kingdom & Europe World Literacy Foundation (£229k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God - RCCG Living Praise Sunderland (£229k) and New Life Community Church Loughborough (£229k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.