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.

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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.

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

Total income

£836k

Total spending

£489k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

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

MR BHIM RUIA
MR RAJ RUIA
SUNIL RUIA
VIMAL RUIA

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST	1	£143k
BRUSHMILL LIMITED	1	£21k
SOLEV CO LIMITED	1	£17k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED income £286k
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £126k
THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION income £190k
BAIS RIZHIN TRUST income £365k
RINA CHARITABLE TRUST income £336k
THE PAKHAR FOUNDATION income £475k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BHIM RUIA FOUNDATION	£836k	—	above	—	no doubt
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£286k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION FY2025	£190k	—	below	—	no doubt
BAIS RIZHIN TRUST FY2025	£365k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RINA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£336k	—	above	—	no doubt

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