Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

ROWAN HUMBERSTONE LIMITED 

Using the medium of ART Rowan endeavours to provide a safe, creative and unique environment where adults, with learning disabilities, under the direction of artists and craftspeople can grow artistically as well as in their abilities, confidence and self esteem, these being vital ingredients for independent living.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,346,718 available, equivalent to 48 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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
31/08/23£600£590£9£103£2,445£2,34747.72935
31/08/22£477£529£-52n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/08/21£519£493£26£58£2,495£2,42158.92021
31/08/20£533£411£122£71£2,463£2,38269.51920
31/08/19*£429£392£37n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/08/18*£405£408£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£407£404£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£2,477£350£2,127£25£2,307£2,19975.4200
31/08/15£327£296£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£270£273£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£261£257£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£253£240£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£258£265£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10*£263£266£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£208£206£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08*£177£190£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07?*£170£151£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£170£166£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£145£104£42£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 18.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 47.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 19
Asset Split ?
Established: 21 years

www.rowanhumberstone.co.uk

info@rowanhumberstone.co.uk

01223566027

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
The Foyle Foundation£30,000
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation£23,500
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Co-Operative Group£12,104
DCMS£10,000
CAF£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rowan
£1,914 21/10/2023
We run a wide range of creative workshops, including woodwork, ceramics, textiles, print, mixed media, drama and music for adults with learning disabilities.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£30,000 18/09/2023
towards core costs supporting the ongoing delivery of creative workshops for over 100 adults with learning disabilities in Cambridge over 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - "Creating art, Improving lives" - supporting over 80 adults with learning disabilities in Cambridge 2023/24
£1,000 22/05/2023
11
toward Rowan's core and operational costs
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Rowans 19-25 School holiday Project - "Creating art, Improving lives" - Supporting young adults with learning disability transitioning to adulthood and their parent/carers with respite
£15,000 10/03/2023
11
to provide 1 to 6 week creative art programmes for young adults with learning disability, to discover and explore creative arts and nature, during school holidays, learning about opportunities ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Transitions- Creative art for 19-25’s with learning disabilities in Cambridge
£10,000 03/03/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a series of workshops for young adults with learning disabilities where participants will be provided with the opportunity to get together and socialise with the ....more
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - "Creating Art, Improving Lives" - supporting over 80 adults with learning disabilitie in Cambridge in 2023/2024
£2,500 28/02/2023
11
to continue to deliver Rowan's creative workshops and to run more Rowan Rangers sessions, following a successful pilot of this new forest school project during the pandemic
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rowan
£2,360 22/10/2022
Rowan Rangers enables our students to connect with their environment through a wide range of activities including den building, wildlife spotting and creating artwork inspired by nature.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 29/07/2022
24
"Creating Art, Improving Lives" for over 80 adults with learning disabilities in Cambridge 2022 - 2024
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rowan
£3,547 23/10/2021
People with learning disabilities will have the opportunity to have weekly music sessions with a music tutor as well as showcasing their skills to the community to improve understanding.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating art improving lives of adults with learning disability @RowanCambridge
£10,000 27/08/2021
The funding will be used to continue the provision of creative workshops online and in person for adults in Cambridge living with learning disabilities. The project aims to develop skills improve ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 19/02/2021
Provision of creative workshops in wood, print, textiles, ceramics, mixed media, music and drama and NEW Rowan Rangers forest school to support 81 adults with learning disability in Cambridgeshire in ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 15/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Rowan Humberstone
£5,000 15/05/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Rowan Humberstone, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
CAF - Grant to Rowan Humberstone Ltd
£6,000 21/04/2020
3
Grant to Rowan Humberstone Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Rowan
£5,000 01/04/2020
3
to continue to support local adults with a learning disability through providing activity packs, online classes and regular phone contact
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rowan
£4,282 15/11/2019
We want to help people with learning disabilities to stage community events to showcase skills, tell stories and improve understanding.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Rowan
£32,630 31/10/2016
24
Reconfigure underused gallery space into a multi-purpose creative space for theatre productions, workshops and a music, dance and performing arts studio.Employ a specialist theatre tutor
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Rowan
£34,000 16/06/2016
Refurbishment of arts centre
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-75
  • DAVID CRABB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • RAYMOND OLDS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/2003, number: 1099555
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2002, number: 04448427
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 14 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR10: 11 days late, AR08: 110 days late, AR07: 119 days late,
Main office

40 HUMBERSTONE ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB4 1JG

Objectives

To advance the education of adults with learning disabilities through the provision of workshops and training in the creative arts and by providing access to artistic culture and nature. To promote and carry out any charitable purpose which supports adults with learning disabilities within the local community of Cambridgeshire and adjoining counties.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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