Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund reported income of £418k and spending of £464k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £418k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Second Chance - a Charity for Children Who Need Special Help (£416k), BEfriend (£419k) and The Imibala UK Trust (£416k).

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.