The Rhododendron Trust

Analysis

The Rhododendron Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Richmond. It was registered in April 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Rhododendron Trust reported income of £89k and spending of £99k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £88k to £89k (+0.1%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Rhododendron Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sikh Sangat, London East (£88k), Adur Voluntary Action (£89k) and The Nchima Trust (£88k).

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.