The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Rothermere Foundation

Registered charity 314125 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

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4
trustees on the board
2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.8y
average years in governance
4 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4

Commercial experience

Business services 1Education 1

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Contact

Phone01227 721279
AddressMemory House, Seaton, Ickham, Ickham, Kent, CT3 1SL

Finances

£785,266 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,181,762£824,007
2022£40,405,498£1,055,464
2023£1,418,930£883,256
2024£1,412,324£3,397,452
2025£785,266£2,468,763

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

“The Trustees shall stand possessed of the Trust Property upon the trusts following that is to say:- (a) Upon trust to apply such of the income thereof as the Trustees’ in their absolute discretion determine in perpetuity in establishing and maintaining scholarships to be known as "Rothermere Scholarships" and to be from time to time awarded in manner hereinafter mentioned to graduates of the Memorial University to be held and enjoyed by those graduates when taking post graduate courses at a United Kingdom University in accordance with the subsequent provisions of this Deed;(b) Subject as aforesaid upon trust to apply such of the income thereof as the Trustees in their absolute discretion determine to advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the Trustees see fit from time to time.”

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 04 NOV 2021AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11 JAN 2023 as amended on 10 Jul 2024 as amended on 19 Jul 2024 as amended on 19 Jul 2024

Trustees (4)

4trustees
82median age
1aged 70+

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