The ROSL Foundation

Registered charity 306095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL OVER-SEAS GOLDEN JUBILEE TRUST, ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE GOLDEN JUBILEE TRUST

Such lawful education and charitable purposes in furtherance of the work of the Royal Over-Seas League as the Trustees may from time to time determine

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Latest income

£236k

Latest spending

£174k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £90,864 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds of £1,859,991. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds totalled £140,171, which is above the stated policy target of £68,400. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £140k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at £68,400 (2023: £68,400) - a level equivalent to at least three month’s budgeted expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2020)

Total income

£567k

Total spending

£239k

Reserves (reported)

£25k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Downer ACchair
Anne Wilkinson
Dr Annette Prandzioch
Francis Terence Warn
Hamish Stuart Kean
Helen Prince

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

Operates in: Antigua And Barbuda · Botswana · India · Kenya · Namibia · Pakistan · Solomon Islands · Throughout England And Wales · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£236k	£174k
31/12/2023	£127k	£209k
31/12/2022	£97k	£428k
31/12/2021	£166k	£271k
31/12/2020	£567k	£239k

Common questions

Is The ROSL Foundation financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £90,864 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds of £1,859,991. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds totalled £140,171, which is above the stated policy target of £68,400. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 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 ROSSALL FOUNDATION	1	£394k
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£29k
Brian Mercer Trust	1	£15k
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED	1	£13k
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k
KMB ESTATES	1	£5k
The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Ross Foundation.

The Ross Foundation income £2.1m
Rothesay Foundation income £1.8m
THE ROSSALL FOUNDATION income £209k
THE RORA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £129k
RIOSAN LIMITED income £189k
THE ROSAZ CHARITY income £105k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The ROSL Foundation	£236k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Ross Foundation FY2025	£2.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
Rothesay Foundation FY2025	£1.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROSSALL FOUNDATION FY2025	£209k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RORA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£129k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RIOSAN LIMITED FY2025	£189k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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