THE ROSEMARY FOUNDATION LIMITED
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
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.
What the accounts disclose
“the Board has set a policy that these accounts should be maintained at a minimum of 3 x monthly average expenditure.”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- 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
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- 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)
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
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).
Corporate structure
- Registered company of the charity Companies House 03390218
Company officers (Companies House)
- FISHER, Peter John on trustee list
- MILEHAM, Penelope Ann, Dr on trustee list
- GALE, Keith Henry on trustee list
- HOLDEN, Andrew Francis Harold, Dr on trustee list
- HAWORTH, Gillian on trustee list
Property (HM Land Registry)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Care Quality Commission ratings
- The Rosemary Foundation (Office): Outstanding
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/08/2026)
- Received assets from another charity (22/03/2023)
Trustees
- Dr Andrew Francis Harold Holden
- Dr Penelope Mileham
- Keith Henry Gale
- Leona Marie Berry
- Peter Fisher
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST | 3 | £76k |
| THE CLARE MILNE TRUST | 2 | £75k |
| THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED | 2 | £19k |
| THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION | 2 | £19k |
| SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £10k |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 2 | £3k |
| THE MASON BIBBY 1981 TRUST | 2 | £3k |
| THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £150k |
Charities like this
- ROWCROFT HOUSE FOUNDATION LIMITED
- HOSPICE AT HOME CARLISLE AND NORTH LAKELAND
- THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOSPICE LIMITED
- ROMSEY CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE
- HOSPISCARE
- HOSPICE AT HOME VOLUNTEERS
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE ROSEMARY FOUNDATION LIMITED | £993k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| ROWCROFT HOUSE FOUNDATION LIMITED | £12.0m | £110,001 - £120,000 | — | above | 37.0% | no doubt |
| HOSPICE AT HOME CARLISLE AND NORTH LAKELAND | £2.0m | £80,001 - £90,000 | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOSPICE LIMITED | £3.7m | £90,001 - £100,000 | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ROMSEY CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE | £409k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| HOSPISCARE | £17.4m | £120,001 - £130,000 | — | unclear | — | no doubt |