@ THE ROCK

Registered charity 1190651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ROCK, THE ROCK CHELTENHAM

The principal activity of the Rock will be the provision of a youth facility at the (former) Church of St Peter, Cheltenham and its adjacent hall. From April 2010 this facility has been available to all young people regardless of background providing both formal and informal activities and opportunities to develop skills, education, welfare and spiritual wellbeing.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £37,558 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total net assets of £123,709. The trustees note that the organization has diversified income streams to strengthen sustainability in a challenging funding environment. No material uncertainties or deficits were disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Advent Charitable Trust — “Advent Charitable Trust A Cheltenham Trust that occasionally surprises us with a cheque.” (source page)
• Cheltenham Borough Council — “Cheltenham Borough Council – various funds.” (source page)
• Active Gloucestershire — “Active Gloucestershire Supports our sports groups to ensure we can keep our membership fees down.” (source page)
• Co-Op bank Community Fund — “Co-Op bank Community Fund Supports Children’s cooking club.” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation Generous supporters over several years – they contribute to general funds.” (source page)
• Gloucestershire County Council — “Gloucestershire County Council Has various funds available depending on immediate priorities.” (source page)
• Henry Smith Charity — “Henry Smith Charity We received a grant from their County Fund towards Equip over a period of 3 years.” (source page)
• Honourable Company of Gloucestershire — “Honourable Company of Gloucestershire Supported Activate 2021” (source page)
• Jerusalem Trust — “Jerusalem Trust Have supported Children’s cooking club and Covid relief.” (source page)
• Julia and Hans Rausing Trust — “Julia and Hans Rausing Trust Rebuild 2021.” (source page)
• Mercers Company — “Mercers Company One of our Trustees is an Honourable member and has supported various applications. Funds have been received for TNT and Yo…” (source page)
• National Lottery — “National Lottery Originally their ‘Awards for All’ fund supported the Community Café. Now their ‘Community fund’ supports the Children’s Co…” (source page)
• Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner — “Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Wonderful supporters of Scoot and Skate.” (source page)
• Southall Trust — “Southall Trust Supports Archery club.” (source page)
• Sylvanus Lysons — “Sylvanus Lysons Funding the Activity Development Worker role for three years.” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Brucklandchair
• Annie Phillips
• Gemma Madle
• Henrietta Goodall
• JONATHAN DAYKIN
• Janet Ballinger
• Rev Jacqueline Henson
• Simon Smith

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED.

• ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED income £4.8m
• ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH income £168k
• LIVING ROCK TRUST income £1.0m
• ROCK OF SALVATION APOSTOLIC CHURCH income £119k
• HOUSE ON THE ROCK INTERNATIONAL CHURCH (BERMONDSEY) income £300k
• BOWLES ROCKS TRUST LIMITED income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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