PS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1123570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as V M FOUNDATION

Promotion of social welfare, health and education in disadvantaged areas and/or to disadvantaged people.

Objects

3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS3.1.3 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; AND3.1.4 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS IN LIFE SUCH OBJECTS TO BE PURSUED WORLDWIDE BUT PARTICULARLY IN ASIA

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE BUT PARTICULARLY IN ASIA

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Elmbridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£560k
Latest spending
£525k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £25.8m at the year-end, with £10.2m held in cash reserves. The trustees report that the charity has adequate cash reserves and sufficient liquid resources to meet foreseeable liabilities as they fall due, noting that running costs are negligible as the charity is run voluntarily by Trustees with no employees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Donations and legacies 2 - 28,000” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: One of the properties held by the charity was sold to a company in which one of the trustees has significant control. The approval was obtained from the Charity Commission prior to sale.
“One of the properties held by the charity was sold to a company in which one of the trustees has significant control. The approval was obtained from the Charity Commission prior to sale.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 31/03/2023 (received 03/02/2024, 3 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£560k
Total spending
£525k
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: Investments (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

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

Operates in: India · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£560k£525k
31/03/2024£383k£523k
31/03/2023£389k£422k
31/03/2022£411k£346k
31/03/2021£269k£262k

Common questions

Is PS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £25.8m at the year-end, with £10.2m held in cash reserves. The trustees report that the charity has adequate cash reserves and sufficient liquid resources to meet foreseeable liabilities as they fall due, noting that running costs are negligible as the charity is run voluntarily by Trustees with no employees. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd.

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PS FOUNDATION£560k—0unclear—no doubt
PK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£167k—0above—no doubt
THE REAL GOOD FOUNDATION FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
ISSA FOUNDATION FY2025£8.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION FY2026£209k——unclear—no doubt

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