THE ROWNTREE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1105936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROWNTREE WALKS

The advancement of the education of the general public and inhabitants of and visitors to York in the contribution of the Rowntree Family and in particular Joseph & Seebohm Rowntree in their philanthropic work to York, the surrounding area and society in general by providing guided tours, publishing literature and by any other means which the Trustees think fit which are charitable at law.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND THE INHABITANTS OF AND VISITORS TO YORK IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ROWNTREE FAMILY GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR JOSEPH AND SEEBOHM ROWNTREE IN THEIR PHILANTHROPIC WORK TO YORK THE SURROUNDING AREA AND SOCIETY IN GENERAL BY THE PROVISION OF GUIDED TOURS THE PUBLICATION OF LITERATURE AND BY ANY OTHER MEANS WHICH THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT WHICH ARE CHARITABLE AT LAW

Area of benefit: YORK

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to £343,046, with unrestricted general funds at £42,912. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £5,371 for the year, supported by core grants from the Joseph Rowntree Trusts. The Trustees confirm that adequate financial resources are available for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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.

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 31/12/2023 (received 06/11/2024, 6 days after the 31/10/2024 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

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05217103

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Joseph Rowntree Foundation — “Our work is enabled by grant funding from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and the Joseph Rowntree Refo…” (source page)
• Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust — “Our work is enabled by grant funding from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and the Joseph Rowntree Refo…” (source page)
• Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust — “Our work is enabled by grant funding from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and the Joseph Rowntree Refo…” (source page)

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.

• RHODES, Eleanor Mary Jane — director, appointed 13/08/2024on trustee list
• GRANT, Maureen Andrea — director, appointed 18/07/2023on trustee list
• GRAY, Jessica Louise — director, appointed 17/05/2022on trustee list
• WALKER, Tina Caroline — director, appointed 19/05/2016on trustee list
• JAGGER, David Richard — director, appointed 29/04/2014on trustee list
• GRIERSON, Elizabeth Stewart — director, appointed 26/07/2005on trustee list
• PITTAM, Stephen Edward — director, appointed 27/08/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH STEWART GRIERSONchair
• Eleanor Rhodes
• Jessica Louise Gray
• Maureen Andrea Grant
• Richard Jagger
• Stephen Edward Pittam · trustee of 2 other charities
• Tina Caroline Walker

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JOSEPH ROWNTREE SCHOOL FUND.

• JOSEPH ROWNTREE SCHOOL FUND income £84k
• THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE THEATRE LIMITED income £332k
• THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST income £2.7m
• YORK CIVIC TRUST income £500k
• THE MOSSLEY OLD SCHOOL TRUST income £35k
• THE HISTORIC TOWNS TRUST income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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