Rosa Fund

Analysis

Rosa Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06598018). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rosa Fund reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.7m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.5m to £1.4m (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Rosa Fund sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delfina Foundation (£1.4m), Edge Hill Students' Union Limited (£1.4m) and The Astra Foundation (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, donations and legacies 19% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 8.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £900k. Reserves of £399k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.