THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATION

Registered charity 285368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIX THOMPSON ROTHENBERG FOUDATION

The Foundation is dedicated to supporting projects connected with the care, education, training, development and leisure activities of people with a learning disability.It makes grants to a variety of organisations which aim to benefit people with a learning disability and their carers. A special emphasis is given to grants that will enhance opportunity and lifestyle.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING (INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES) IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING THEIR CARE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.

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

Latest income
£111k
Latest spending
£167k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation held unrestricted reserves of £1,802,759 at the end of the year, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The Board of Governors confirmed that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from Baily Thomas Charitable Fund, a related party via trustee Suzanne Marriott.
“Suzanne Marriott who is a is a trustee of the Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation is also a trustee of the Baily Thomas Charitable Fund which made donations to the Foundation in the year of £70,000 (2024: £70,000). During the year there were no grants received or paid to any other related parties.” — page 18
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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)

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

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    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
    31/12/2025£111k£167k
    31/12/2024£204k£144k
    31/12/2023£187k£154k
    31/12/2022£117k£161k
    31/12/2021£126k£182k

    Common questions

    Is THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATION financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation held unrestricted reserves of £1,802,759 at the end of the year, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The Board of Governors confirmed that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

    Who funds THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATION?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND.

    Shared trustees with funders

    Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£70kGrant making
    THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£70kGrant making
    THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£70kTotal grants awarded in the period

    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.

    Charities like this

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

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE RIX-THOMPSON-ROTHENBERG FOUNDATION£111k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE NORMANSFIELD AND RICHMOND FOUNDATION FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE RISMAN FOUNDATION FY2025£22.5m—0above—no doubt
    REACH LEARNING DISABILITY FY2025£3.9m——above—no doubt
    THE TMT FOUNDATION FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023£225k—0unclear—no doubt

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