THE RODDICK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1061372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A) The relief of poverty; B) The promotion, maintenance, improvement and advancement of education; C) The provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupations in the interest of social welfare; D) The promotion of any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the public.We do not accept unsolicited applications.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING RELIEF OF POVERTY, ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a planned spend-out phase with an expected operational sunset in 5 years, actively managing its capital endowment to ensure all remaining funds are deployed effectively. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £nil at 31 March 2026, with operational needs met by drawing from the expendable endowment fund. The charity relies on investment income, which amounted to £315,537 in the current year, to support its grant-making activities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (66% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR G RODDICKchair
• JUSTINE RODDICK
• MS TINA SCHLIESKE
• SAMANTHA RODDICK

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

Operates in: Brazil · Canada · India · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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• DURONIC FOUNDATION LIMITED income £61k
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• 1ST RUDGWICK GROUP income £28k
• RHODI CHARITABLE TRUST income £545k
• THE RUDDOCK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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