Rockets Community Foundation

Analysis

Rockets Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in July 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rockets Community Foundation reported income of £157k and spending of £79k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £85k to £157k (+84%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 294%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Rockets Community Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kendal Charity for the Aged and Infirm (£156k), Jubilee Gardens (1978) Limited (£157k) and Faith Revival Assembly (£156k).