ROWAN HUMBERSTONE LIMITED
Registered charity 1099555 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Using the medium of ART Rowan endeavours to provide a safe, creative and unique environment where adults, with learning disabilities, under the direction of artists and craftspeople can grow artistically as well as in their abilities, confidence and self esteem, these being vital ingredients for independent living.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,681 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £950,656 and expenditure of £937,975. The trustees report that unrestricted assets were £416,048, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of four and a half months' expenditure, and they confirm the charity is a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four and a half months’ unrestricted funds (held: £416k)
“The charity aims to maintain a minimum of four and a half months’ unrestricted funds, based on the previous financial year’s expenditure.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rowan (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£112k
Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (49% 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: 11.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (09/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (05/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Julie Brophychair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Christina Smith
- David McConnell
- Deborah Lauder
- Jo-Ann Fisher
- Jonathan Lewis McLaren Wilson
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Hertfordshire · Norfolk · Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ROWAN HUMBERSTONE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,681 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £950,656 and expenditure of £937,975. The trustees report that unrestricted assets were £416,048, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of four and a half months' expenditure, and they confirm the charity is a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds ROWAN HUMBERSTONE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ROWAN HUMBERSTONE LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE EVELYN TRUST, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY, THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION.
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