The Rothermere Foundation

Analysis

The Rothermere Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Rothermere Foundation reported income of £785k and spending of £2.5m, spending 314% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £785k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 3319%. Over the whole period it spent 19% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Rothermere Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include User Voice (£784k), Stepping Stones Pre-School (Brackley) (£785k) and William Hulme's Grammar School Foundation (£784k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £50.3m would cover about 238 months of spending at that rate.