The Rowney Trust

Analysis

The Rowney Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Rowney Trust reported income of £75k and spending of £98k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £250k to £75k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Rowney Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ivy Mary Macfie Deceased Charitable Fund (£75k), de Brito Trust (£75k) and The Wright Vigar Charitable Trust (£75k).