Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

THE ROWLAND BROTHERS FOUNDATION 

Provision of counselling, financial and other support to relieve the mental and physical sickness and financial hardship of persons resident in the area who are suffering from bereavement. Assisting the preservation of war memorials and other public monuments in the area commemorating figures of historical importance.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£60£82£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£39£84£-45n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£140£78£63n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20£31£57£-26n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£63£45£18n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£63£45£18£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years
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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bromley, Croydon, Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bereavement Support for Schools
£10,000 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to pay for a youth bereavement counsellor. The project aims to support young people who have suffered a loss.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/02/2017, number: 1171808
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

299-303 Whitehorse Road
CROYDON
CR0 2HR

Objectives

OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A) TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS AND THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT BY THE DEATH OF A PERSON, BY THE PROVISION OFCOUNSELLING AND FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS;B) TO PRESERVE OR ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION OF WAR MEMORIALS AND OTHER PUBLIC MONUMENTS IN THE AREA COMMEMORATING FIGURES OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE; ANDC) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE AREA AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE TERMINALLY ILL AND OF BEREAVEDPERSONS.THE TRUSTEES WILL CARRY OUT ANY EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THE EXPRESSION “THE AREA” SHALL MEAN MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELYTHE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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