THE ROWDOWN INSPIRE TO ASPIRE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1151220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RITA FOUNDATION OR THE ROWDOWN FOUNDATION

(1) to advance the education of children in New Addington who have an exceptional sporting, artistic or academic ability or talent by offering financial support to provide access to extra-curricular activities.(2) to encourage parents in New Addington to take an active interest in their child?s education including the training of parents in teaching and developmental skills.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AND FORMER PUPILS AT ROWDOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL, CALLEY DOWN CRESCENT, NEW ADDINGTON, CROYDON, SURREY CR0 0EG (THE “SCHOOL”), OR AT ANY OTHER PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE AREA GENERALLY CLASSIFIED AS NEW ADDINGTON (TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL, THE “SCHOOLS”), WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING AN EXCEPTIONAL SPORTING, ARTISTIC OR ACADEMIC ABILITY, SKILL OR TALENT BY OFFERING FINANCIAL, MOTIVATIONAL OR LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO FOCUSED EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THAT SPORT, ART OR ACADEMIC SUBJECT WHETHER PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL OR EXTERNAL INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS OR COMPANIES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ENHANCED FUTURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PUPILS. (2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY ENCOURAGING THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF PUPILS AT THE SCHOOLS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THEIR CHILD’S EDUCATION INCLUDING THE TRAINING OF PARENTS IN TEACHING AND DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS.

Area of benefit: NEW ADDINGTON

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £20,510 in cash resources at the end of the financial year, which represents 52% of annual expenditure and is slightly above the stated reserves policy target of 35-50%. The trustees report that while fundraising is unpredictable, the charity remains a going concern as it only makes short-term commitments and maintains sufficient liquidity to meet liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2025) to "above" (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Rowdown Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gary Coychair
• Dr KATHRYN GEE
• JILL O'NEILL
• MARION BURCHELL
• MELANIE HARTLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS JANET PARSONS
• Martin Bibby
• PAULA GREENWOOD
• SARAH NIAS

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INSPIRE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION.

• THE INSPIRE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION income £207k
• INSPIRE PLUS income £1.2m
• INSPIRE LONDON CHURCH income £787k
• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
• AWE-INSPIRING income £69k
• POWER TO INSPIRE income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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