The Rowson Perpetual Memorial Fund

Analysis

The Rowson Perpetual Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halstead. It was registered in March 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rowson Perpetual Memorial Fund reported income of £25k and spending of £33k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £25k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Rowson Perpetual Memorial Fund sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indian Futures (£25k), Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust (£25k) and Rotary Club of Bideford Bridge Trust Fund (£25k).