THE ROSEMARY FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1064723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Rosemary Foundation Hospice at Home provides a full supportive hands-on nursing service for patients suffering from cancer, or other life-threatening conditions, in their own homes. We serve the community within an approximate 15 mile radius of Petersfield and provide cover seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day, without charge

Objects

TO PROVIDE A FULL PALLIATIVE NURSING CARE SERVICE TO PATIENTS IN THEIR OWN HOMES, OR ELSEWHERE; TO PROVIDE COUNSELLING, BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT AND SIMILAR SERVICES TO PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS; TO PROVIDE ALL OR ANY OF THE ABOVE SERVICES, IN WHOLE, OR IN PART, ACCORDING TO NEED AND WITHOUT CHARGE TO PATIENTS, OR THEIR FAMILIES; TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CARE PROFESSIONALS

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£993k
Latest spending
£988k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus of £63,414, turning around a predicted deficit. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong financial position to continue as a going concern, supported by £1.93 million in liquid investments and unrestricted reserves of £2.14 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.1m)
“the Board has set a policy that these accounts should be maintained at a minimum of 3 x monthly average expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 47

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 35

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 07/05/2024, 7 days after the 30/04/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Rosemary Foundation Limited (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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

CQC provider record: The Rosemary Foundation Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 29/07/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£993k
Total spending
£988k
Cost of raising funds
£27k
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~26.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£993k£988k
30/06/2024£731k£843k
30/06/2023£931k£782k
30/06/2022£927k£723k
30/06/2021£595k£684k

Common questions

Is THE ROSEMARY FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus of £63,414, turning around a predicted deficit. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong financial position to continue as a going concern, supported by £1.93 million in liquid investments and unrestricted reserves of £2.14 million. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE ROSEMARY FOUNDATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ROSEMARY FOUNDATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include The William Brake Foundation, THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUST, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, THE INLIGHT TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROWCROFT HOUSE FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ROSEMARY FOUNDATION LIMITED£993k—0above—no doubt
ROWCROFT HOUSE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£12.0m£110,001 - £120,000—above37.0%no doubt
HOSPICE AT HOME CARLISLE AND NORTH LAKELAND FY2025£2.0m£80,001 - £90,0000above—no doubt
THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOSPICE LIMITED FY2025£3.7m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
ROMSEY CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE FY2025£409k—0unclear—no doubt
HOSPISCARE FY2025£17.4m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt

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