THE ROWNEY TRUST

Registered charity 1115435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes charitable grants, but does not often make grants to charities with which the trustees are not already acquainted personally.

Objects

FOR SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£75k

Latest spending

£98k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £22,683 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves falling to £80,388 from £103,071 the previous year. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate cash resources for at least the next 12 months and continue to adopt the going concern basis. No employees were present during the year, and the charity relies on voluntary income and donations to fund its grant-making activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient cash reserves as they consider necessary to respond to requests for grants (reserves figure: £80k)

“The trustees look to retain sufficient cash reserves as they consider necessary to respond to requests for grants.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 9. Related party transactions

“During the year donations amounting to £60,000 (2024: £210,000) were received from Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread, a trustee of the charity. During the year grants amounting to £325 (2024: £325) were paid to Schoolreaders. Jane Elizabeth Whitbread is a trustee of Schoolreaders. During the year grants amounting to £300 (2024: £25) were paid to Waterberg Welfare Society Trust. Jane Elizabeth Whitbread is a trustee of Waterberg Welfare Society Trust. During the year grants amounting to £nil (2024: £15,000) were paid to St Luke's Healthcare for the Clergy. Edward Crispin Akers Martineau, who resigned as a trustee of the charity during the prior year, was a trustee of St Luke's Healthcare for the Clergy.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CHARLES EDWARD SAMUEL WHITBREADchair · trustee of 5 other charities
Jane Elizabeth Whitbread · trustee of 4 other charities
Samuel David Whitbread · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£75k	£98k
05/04/2024	£263k	£216k
05/04/2023	£172k	£176k
05/04/2022	£113k	£107k
05/04/2021	£250k	£221k

Common questions

Is THE ROWNEY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £22,683 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves falling to £80,388 from £103,071 the previous year. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate cash resources for at least the next 12 months and continue to adopt the going concern basis. No employees were present during the year, and the charity relies on voluntary income and donations to fund its grant-making activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE F W TRUST LTD.

THE F W TRUST LTD income £79k
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST income £180k
THE ROSENFELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £47k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k
THE GB TRUST income £57k
ROWLEY TRUST income £43k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ROWNEY TRUST	£75k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE F W TRUST LTD FY2025	£79k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AUDREY EARLE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROSENFELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£47k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£148k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE GB TRUST FY2025	£57k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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