Finance Score: 9
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE ROSE ROAD ASSOCIATION 

Services for young disabled people and their families including: Oaks and Acorns Residential Short breaks Service children and adultsOutreach Community ServicesActivities in schools and communityParent advice independent support information and empowerment through Family Services Specialist sensory, Hydrotherapy and Soft Play facilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 54 years

www.roseroad.org.uk

askus@roseroad.org.uk

02380 721234

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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£5,101£4,300£801£221£4,941£2,2206.214920
31/03/22£3,772£3,810£-38£292£4,139£2,2717.215320
31/03/21£4,046£3,568£478£155£4,177£2,2857.714020
31/03/20£3,847£3,584£262£191£3,699£1,784613830
31/03/19£3,739£3,323£417£305£3,437£1,4985.415230
31/03/18£3,071£3,051£21£308£3,020£1,0584.21560
31/03/17£3,071£3,243£-172£319£2,999£1,0143.81910
31/03/16£3,061£3,112£-50£388£3,171£1,1634.52130
31/03/15£2,945£2,920£25£553£3,229£1,1974.92030
31/03/14£2,780£2,714£66£543£3,204£1,1495.1790
31/03/13£2,991£4,871£-1,880£524£3,138£1,0602.6870
31/03/12£3,152£3,032£120£423£5,018£1,1704.6910
31/03/11£2,940£2,811£129£456£4,898£1,0074.3900
31/03/10£2,754£2,600£154£412£4,769£8363.9890
31/03/09£2,363£2,467£-103£428£4,615£6403.1750
31/03/08£2,332£2,511£-179£422£4,718£7013.4810
31/03/07£2,356£2,355£1£410£4,897£8374.3750
31/03/06£1,794£1,867£-73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,732£1,789£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,671£1,510£161£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 45%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Hampshire, Poole, Portsmouth City, Southampton City, West Berkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 149 employees
  • 20 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department for Education£61,023
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Co-Operative Group£3,050
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 06/11/2020
Rose Road Association - Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rose Road Association
£3,050 24/10/2020
We would like to take disabled children and young people out into the community to access activities and encourage independence.
Department for Education - Parent Carer Participation grant
£61,023 01/04/2020
To fund 152 Parent Carer Forums to represent and support their local area's SEND parents, carers and families.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Rose Road Association
£5,860 04/12/2018
To purchase and install three new hoists at a centre providing overnight accommodation for disabled children and young people.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Rose Road Association
£40,000 12/03/2018
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rose Road Association
£29,970 13/11/2017
36
This project will provide a Saturday drop-in club for children and young people with complex disabilities. Children and young people will increase their confidence, develop life skills and have ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 09/10/2017
Rose Road Association - Core Costs
Masonic Trust - Emergency overnight short breaks for families in crisis
£65,250 19/10/2016
300 emergency overnight short breaks per year for severely disabled children and young people whose families are in crisis.
The Blagrave Trust - Residential for members of disabled Youth Forum
£4,000 09/08/2016
Feedback Fund 2016
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Rose Road Association
£30,000 16/06/2016
Refurbishment of the Bradbury Centre
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 51-64
  • PAUL BEST Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Landscape Architect
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/07/1970, number: 276172
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/05/1978, number: 01366534
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HAMPSHIRE PARENT CARER NETWORK on 09/09/2022
  • Asset transfer in from ADHARA AUTISM TRUST on 24/08/2023
Main office

ROSE ROAD ASSOCIATION
300 ALDERMOOR ROAD
SOUTHAMPTON
SO16 5NA

Objectives

THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES ONLY FOR THE CARE, WELL-BEING, TREATMENT, INTERESTS, EDUCATION, ACCOMMODATION, EMPLOYMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PRIMARILY IN HAMPSHIRE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HAMPSHIRE AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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