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The Rothenberg Charitable Foundation

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 248663LondonGrant-making and general purposes
Income£37k2025-06-07
Spending£42ksame year
Spent / received176%5-year average
Size in its cause67th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1966Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Rothenberg Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1966, 60 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Rothenberg Charitable Foundation reported income of £37k and spending of £42k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £35k to £37k (+6.6%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 176% 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 Rothenberg Charitable Foundation sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sharif Tejani Charitable Trust (£37k), The Fun Walk Trust (£37k) and Tax Advisers' Charitable Trust (£37k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£38k£77k£115k£153k2021 Income: £34,6292021 Spending: £55,23120212022 Income: £39,3822022 Spending: £153,16420222023 Income: £45,2242023 Spending: £47,02220232024 Income: £41,8822024 Spending: £51,42420242025 Income: £36,8982025 Spending: £42,1552025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Foundation's objectives are to pay the trust fund and income thereof to or towards or for the benefit of such charitable purposes or charitable institutions within or outside the United Kingdom at such time or times as the trustees in their discretion think fit.

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