THE BHIM RUIA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1072182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RUIA FOUNDATION

The charity makes donations to charitable institutions with no restriction being placed on the country in which the donee charity operates.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bolton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£836k
Latest spending
£489k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £3,263,577, reflecting a surplus of £204,319 for the year. The trustees intend to maintain this surplus balance to protect against shortfalls in earned income. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Donations received during the year amounted to £759,261 (2024: £858,261), with charitable donations paid out during the year amounted to £484,461 (2024: £505,626). Investment income during the year amounted to £76,488 (2024: £23,577).” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related Party Disclosures
“During the year the Foundation received donations totalling £750,000 (2024: £850,000) from Ruia Group Limited, a company of which Mr V Ruia, Mr S Ruia and Mr R Ruia are all directors. Any costs of administering the charity are borne by Ruia Group Limited.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 08/04/2024, 63 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£836k
Total spending
£489k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£836k£489k
05/04/2024£882k£510k
05/04/2023£577k£324k
05/04/2022£579k£524k
05/04/2021£498k£201k

Common questions

Is THE BHIM RUIA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £3,263,577, reflecting a surplus of £204,319 for the year. The trustees intend to maintain this surplus balance to protect against shortfalls in earned income. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ORTERSHAM LIMITED1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BHIM RUIA FOUNDATION£836k—0above—no doubt
THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION FY2025£190k—0below—no doubt
BENYIMO LIMITED FY2025£167k—0unclear—no doubt
The Shuaib Chaudhary Foundation FY2025£31k—0above—no doubt
THE SARWAR FOUNDATION FY2025£76k—0unclear—no doubt
BE'ER MIRIAM TRUST FY2025£685k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.