THE RHODODENDRON TRUST

Registered charity 267192 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Donates to other recognised charities whose work is primarily overseas, UK social welfare and UK cultural charities

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SELECT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£89k

Latest spending

£99k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,819,643, which the trustees maintain at a level similar to fixed asset investments to ensure sufficient income for current activities. Although charitable distributions and expenses exceeded income by £10,695, the charity holds adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: similar level to the value of fixed asset investments (reserves figure: £2.8m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a similar level to the value of fixed asset investments.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk 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.

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

ELIZABETH CAMILLA BALDWIN
SARAH OLIVER
SARAH RAY
WENDY ELIZABETH ANDERSON

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Cambodia · Congo · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · Ghana · Guatemala · India · Kenya · Malawi · Malaysia · Mali

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£89k	£99k
05/04/2024	£86k	£90k
05/04/2023	£79k	£84k
05/04/2022	£112k	£85k
05/04/2021	£88k	£85k

Common questions

Is THE RHODODENDRON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,819,643, which the trustees maintain at a level similar to fixed asset investments to ensure sufficient income for current activities. Although charitable distributions and expenses exceeded income by £10,695, the charity holds adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WELDON UK CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE WELDON UK CHARITABLE TRUST income £259k
THE RAINFORD TRUST income £313k
THE ROSELANDS TRUST income £223k
THE DANDELION TRUST income £26k
D R CHARITABLE TRUST income £527k
R M SALES CHARITABLE TRUST income £0

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE RHODODENDRON TRUST	£89k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WELDON UK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£259k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RAINFORD TRUST FY2024	£313k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ROSELANDS TRUST FY2025	£223k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DANDELION TRUST FY2026	£26k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
D R CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£527k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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