Rothesay Foundation

Analysis

Rothesay Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 100 Museum Street. It was registered in May 2020, 6 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 12263987). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rothesay Foundation reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.0m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £257k to £1.8m (+610%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 905%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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, Rothesay Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coventry Citizens Advice (£1.8m), Sarabande (£1.8m) and Keren Association Limited (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £667k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.

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.