ROCKINGHORSE CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1018759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROCKINGHORSE APPEAL, THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN CENTENARY FUND

At Rockinghorse, we aim to make life better for sick and disabled babies, children and teenagers across Sussex. We do this by providing cutting edge equipment that the NHS cannot cover and by making medical and respite facilities for children and young people as comfortable, friendly and accessible as possible.

Objects

(1)THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONGST CHILDREN; AND (2)IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE FOR SICK CHILDREN TOGETHER WITH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO ALL DISEASES AFFECTING CHILDREN AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Area of benefit: EAST AND WEST SUSSEX

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £1,298,917 in income for the year ended 31 March 2025, a 26.7% increase over the previous year. Total expenditure on charitable activities and fundraising was £975,991, resulting in a net income of £322,926. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £282,501, which the trustees confirm meet their policy target of covering six months of operational costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chariot House Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02791054

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rockinghorse Children's Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BECK, Elizabeth — director, appointed 29/07/2025on trustee list
• SHEPHERD, Penina — director, appointed 31/07/2024on trustee list
• WILLIS, Gavin James — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• MOULD, Lynne — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• MARSHALL, Scott Bradley — director, appointed 23/11/2020on trustee list
• CARDEN, Barry Charles — director, appointed 17/09/2018on trustee list
• RAHMAN, Mohammed — director, appointed 16/06/2014on trustee list
• WATKINS, Ryan — director, appointed 22/10/2012on trustee list
• HOLLAND, Donna — secretary, appointed 31/07/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mohammed RAHMANchair
• Barry Carden
• Dr RYAN WATKINS
• Elizabeth Louise Beck
• Gavin Willis
• Lynne Mould
• Penina Shepherd
• Scott Bradley Marshall · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED.

• THE HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT)LIMITED income £708k
• RETRAINING OF RACE HORSES income £2.5m
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• RAISING HEALTH income £345k
• KINGS HEATH PLAYCARE income £362k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.