THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1169516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a grant making trust supporting many animal & wildlife charities throughout the UK but primarily in Yorkshire & Humberside.Grants are made each May & November to both local organisations but also local branches of national animal welfare charities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING AND RELIEVING SUFFERING OF ABANDONED AND MISTREATED DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMALS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

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

Causes: Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£247k
Latest spending
£623k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £375,980 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds to £2,311,902. Uncommitted reserves freely available for charitable activities were £38,612, down from £48,780 in the prior year. The trustees state that future plans are subject to satisfactory returns on investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Gift of shares by trustee
“During the year, £207,041 (2024: £600,000} of shares were gifted at nil cost to The Rose Animal Welfare Trust Investment Portfolio by Antoinette Tomkinson, a trustee of the charity.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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 31/10/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2024)

Total income
£643k
Total spending
£649k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£247k£623k
31/10/2024£643k£649k
31/10/2023£602k£603k
31/10/2022£681k£572k
31/10/2021£2.3m£483k

Common questions

Is THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net loss of £375,980 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds to £2,311,902. Uncommitted reserves freely available for charitable activities were £38,612, down from £48,780 in the prior year. The trustees state that future plans are subject to satisfactory returns on investments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO£247k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROSE FOUNDATION FY2024£1.2m—0above—no doubt
THE WYSELIOT ROSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£115k—0above—no doubt
THE GERRICK ROSE ANIMAL TRUST FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£148k—0above—no doubt
YORKSHIRE ROSE DOG RESCUE FY2025£108k—0unclear—no doubt

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