Rowley Trust

Analysis

Rowley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in April 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Rowley Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £45k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £40k to £43k (+9.5%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rowley Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kirsty Louise Streek Foundation (£43k), Love Dereham (£43k) and Poole Unit 272 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£43k).

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.