Rockets Sport and Educational Foundation
Analysis
Rockets Sport and Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08083976). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending May 2025, Rockets Sport and Educational Foundation reported income of £186k and spending of £184k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £92k to £186k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rockets Sport and Educational Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whisper (£186k), International Niemann-Pick Disease Alliance (£187k) and Mec Foundation UK (£186k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLEEDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENTHEALTH AND WELL-BEINGVOLUNTEERINGSOCIAL INCLUSIONSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT
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