Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

ROSA FUND 

Rosa is the first UK-wide fund for women's initiatives.Rosa's vision is of equality and justice for women and girls in the UK. We aim to raise and distribute money to women's initiatives and influence other to do the same.We fund initiatives in the priority areas of economic justice, equal representation, health & well-being, and safety.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 16 years

www.rosauk.org

info@rosauk.org

07736 992133

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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£1,569£2,399£-830£115£1,147£2871.470
31/03/22£2,373£2,665£-293£51£3,015£2861.360
31/03/21£4,479£2,119£2,360£40£3,301£2531.440
31/03/20£156£975£-819n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£2,027£2,302£-275£39£1,765£1690.952
31/03/18£1,817£1,609£208£35£2,033£1731.340
31/03/17£2,424£848£1,575£29£1,825£2072.930
31/03/16£422£322£100£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£363£324£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£408£333£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£129£204£-75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£136£48£88£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£144£169£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£131£238£-107£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£291£138£153£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 25%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 7 employees

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
Comic Relief£800,000
Esmee Fairbairn£600,000
Indigo Trust£550,000
Tudor Trust£220,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£200,000
DCMS£33,948
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Rosa UK 20/21
£33,948 01/04/2022
The UK Womens Fund will deliver support to 27,000 women and girls via awarding funding to 80 small womens organisations and 50 medium-large womens organisations. The Rosa UK and Smallwood Trust ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rosa - The UK fund for women and girls
£300,000 14/09/2021
24
Towards delegated grant-making to support Rosa’s Covid 19 Response fund for Black and minoritised - led women’s organisations
Tudor Trust - Grant to Rosa Fund
£220,000 25/03/2021
over one year towards a fund supporting organisations led by and for Black and minoritised women, plus an additional unrestricted funding contribution to Rosa
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to ROSA
£200,000 23/02/2021
To provide sustainable funding to specialist women’s organisations, particularly focused on those led by and for Black and minoritised women.
Indigo Trust - Rosa's next phase of Covid-19 funding for BME led women's organisations
£75,000 18/01/2021
Rosa to regrant to BME led by and for women's organisations
Indigo Trust - Rosa's next phase of Covid-19 funding for BME led women's organisations
£75,000 18/01/2021
Rosa to regrant to BME led by and for women's organisations
Indigo Trust - Rosa's Covid-19 emergency fund for BME Women's organisations
£200,000 08/06/2020
Covid-19 Emergency fund dedicated to BME VAWG organisations
Indigo Trust - Rosa's Covid-19 emergency fund for BME Women's organisations
£200,000 04/06/2020
Covid-19 Emergency fund dedicated to BME VAWG organisations
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rosa - The UK fund for women and girls
£160,000 03/06/2020
12
Towards Rosa's COVID-19 Response Fund for the UK women's sector
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rosa - The UK fund for women and girls
£140,000 03/06/2020
12
Towards the BME Women's Sector COVID-19 Support Fund
Comic Relief - Covid Response grant
£800,000 07/05/2020
18
COVID19 - Rosa will leverage funding from Comic Relief into existing commitments we have from other funders to support organisations with emergency funds to survive and continue operations for small ....more
Comic Relief - Justice and Equality Fund
£1,000,000 25/07/2018
24
It is proposed that Comic Relief contribute £1m over 24 months to the Justice and Equality Fund (JEF), to be re-granted to organisations in the women & girls sector by Rosa:90% direct ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Corston Sector Leadership Retreat
£5,000 17/05/2017
11
To support a women's sector leadership retreat
Tudor Trust - Grant to Rosa Fund
£75,000 25/02/2016
36
over three years towards the core costs, including the director's salary, of this UK fund specifically for women and girls
Barrow Cadbury Trust - The State of Funding for Women's Organisations in the UK
£5,000 31/10/2013
The State of Funding for Women's Organisations in the UK
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rosa - The UK fund for women and girls
£155,249 13/09/2012
Towards the management and development of the second phase of the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Special Initiative.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-72
  • KAY ALI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Global Partnership Development
  • SHANTA ASSANI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance & Operations Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2008, number: 1124856
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/05/2008, number: 06598018
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

4th Floor
The Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road
LONDON
N7 6PA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FURTHER ANY PURPOSES WHICH ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FROM TIME TO TIME, INCLUDING TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CHARITIES WORKING WITH WOMEN OR ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT AFFECT WOMEN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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