The Rushworth Foundation

Analysis

The Rushworth Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 2015, 11 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 June 2025, The Rushworth Foundation reported income of £44k and spending of £31k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £85k to £44k (-49%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Rushworth Foundation sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Douglas Pennant Family Foundation (£44k), Lancaster Hall (£44k) and Colne Village Hall (£44k).