Rosetrees

Analysis

Rosetrees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rosetrees reported income of £6.8m and spending of £15.5m, spending 228% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income fell from £10.1m to £6.8m (-33%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 921%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rosetrees 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sported Foundation (£6.8m), Unlimit Health (£6.8m) and The Federation of European Biochemical Societies (£6.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 46%, donations and legacies 45% and trading 8.9%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £13.6m. Reserves of £116.5m would cover about 90 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.