The Patrick Rowland Foundation

Analysis

The Patrick Rowland Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in May 2011, 15 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 07566325). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Patrick Rowland Foundation reported income of £85k and spending of £94k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £73k to £85k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 128% 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 Patrick Rowland Foundation 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 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Air Force Halton Apprentices Association (Old Haltonians) (£84k), Krausli Trust (£85k) and The Pennycress Trust (£84k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.