JOHN ROAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 312707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, THE JOHN ROAN FOUNDATION

The John Roan Foundation makes charitable donations in assisting students who receive education in the London Borough of Greenwich. These donations must not include anything which the local authority makes available through any delegated funding.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £20,280,640, comprising £19,911,345 in restricted funds and £369,295 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £1,192,708 fall within the stated policy range of three to twelve months of average expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Affinia (Orpington). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 31.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Roan Foundation Trustee Ltd

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

Operates in: Greenwich

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JOHN LYON'S CHARITY.

• JOHN LYON'S CHARITY income £11.5m
• THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
• NHS GREENWICH CHARITABLE FUNDS income £134k
• Rothesay Foundation income £1.8m
• The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation income £660k
• THE TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £514k

Side by side with its peers

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