The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation

Analysis

The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dundee. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01638962). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation reported income of £111k and spending of £167k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £126k to £111k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hilary Awdry Charitable Trust (£110k), Jean and Graham Tidmas Foundation (£111k) and The Dorfman Foundation (£110k).