THE SHANTA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1107793 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHANTA FOUNDATION

The activities of our Charity include the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, sickness and distress and the preservation and protection of health primarily but not exclusively through the provision of grants.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£736k

Latest spending

£740k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has adopted a zero-level reserves policy and ended the year with negative unrestricted reserves of £1,469. The trustees acknowledge this negative position but maintain the going concern basis, expressing confidence that ongoing funding arrangements from related parties will support continued operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: zero level reserves policy (held: £-1k)

“The charity has decided to adopt a zero level reserves policy, therefore charity will spend all their income receive in each year on their charitable activities.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Although the Charity currently has negative reserves, the Trustees are confident that ongoing funding arrangements will support the Charity’s continued operations. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£736k

Total spending

£740k

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 (100% 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

BHIKHU PATEL
VIJAYKUMAR CHHOTABHAI PATEL

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£736k	£740k
31/03/2024	£149k	£150k
31/03/2023	£138k	£191k
31/03/2022	£864k	£821k
31/03/2021	£452k	£446k

Common questions

Is THE SHANTA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has adopted a zero-level reserves policy and ended the year with negative unrestricted reserves of £1,469. The trustees acknowledge this negative position but maintain the going concern basis, expressing confidence that ongoing funding arrangements from related parties will support continued operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SHANTA FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SHANTA FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include ONE FOOTSTEP.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ONE FOOTSTEP	FY2021	£25k
ONE FOOTSTEP	FY2023	—

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
THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£81k
THE PA FOUNDATION	1	£57k
THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION	1	£53k
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION	1	£36k
TRUE COLOURS THEATRE	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £224k
THE KAJATAWA FOUNDATION income £186k
N SETHIA FOUNDATION income £294k
THE KANTA FOUNDATION income £168k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED income £1.9m
THE POINT FOUNDATION income £102k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SHANTA FOUNDATION	£736k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE SHANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£224k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KAJATAWA FOUNDATION FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
N SETHIA FOUNDATION FY2025	£294k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE KANTA FOUNDATION FY2025	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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