Rowan Humberstone Limited

Analysis

Rowan Humberstone Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04448427). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rowan Humberstone Limited reported income of £951k and spending of £938k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £519k to £951k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Rowan Humberstone Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lifehouse Church (£950k), The Paloma Foundation (£951k) and Suffolk County Football Association Limited (£950k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 49%, donations and legacies 41%, investments 5.5% and trading 4.7%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £200k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.