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RUBISLAW FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1167432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As detailed in the charity objects

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a substantial surplus of £687,885 for the year, yet disclosed a deficiency in free reserves of £187,470 due to income being deferred to the next year. The trustees consider the return on investments appropriate and believe the charity has adequate resources to continue distributing funds to other charities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to maintain regular grants (held: £-187k)
“It is the policy of the charity to hold reserves sufficient to maintain regular grants.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mr D A Bistricer, trustee of Rubislaw Foundation, is also a director and shareholder of Talisker (UK) Corporation. At the year end £5,424,971 (2023: £5,494,671) was owing to Talisker (UK) Corporation from the group. Rubislaw Foundation was owing £4,981,971 and its subsidiary F. Parham Limited was owing £443,000. The above loans are interest free and due after one year.
“Mr D A Bistricer, trustee of Rubislaw Foundation, is also a director and shareholder of Talisker (UK) Corporation. At the year end £5,424,971 (2023: £5,494,671) was owing to Talisker (UK) Corporation from the group. Rubislaw Foundation was owing £4,981,971 and its subsidiary F. Parham Limited was owing £443,000. The above loans are interest free and due after one year.” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: F.Parham Limited, Wembley Metro Limited, Hempstead Valley Investments Limited
“The charity has the following wholly owned non-charitable subsidiaries; F.Parham Limited (Company number 00252045) Wembley Metro Limited (Company number 12278442) Hempstead Valley Investments Limited (Company number 11885347)” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haffner Hoff Auditors Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

F.PARHAM LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Profit before tax: £-166k
  • The Detailed Profit and Loss Account is explicitly excluded from the statutory accounts.
WEMBLEY METRO LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £825k
  • Profit before tax: £-9k
HEMPSTEAD VALLEY INVESTMENTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £-709k
  • Profit before tax: £-709k

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 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£18.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~133.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 69.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.4m£1.7m
31/12/2023£2.3m£1.7m
31/12/2022£2.2m£1.7m
31/12/2021£2.0m£1.7m
31/12/2020£2.1m£1.4m

Common questions

Is RUBISLAW FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a substantial surplus of £687,885 for the year, yet disclosed a deficiency in free reserves of £187,470 due to income being deferred to the next year. The trustees consider the return on investments appropriate and believe the charity has adequate resources to continue distributing funds to other charities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Haffner Hoff Auditors 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
FIRSTFRUITS GOSPEL FOUNDATION1£200k
GRAFF FOUNDATION1£140k
THE CHARIS TRUST1£11k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST HELEN'S CHURCH NORTH KENSINGTON1£6k
THE CROSS TRUST1£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN WITH ST. LUKE, PADDINGTON1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RUBISLAW FOUNDATION£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt
MW (HO) FOUNDATION FY2024£207k—0unclear—no doubt
SELLATA LIMITED FY2026£158k—0above—no doubt
RICHMOND TRUST FUND FY2025£220k—0above—no doubt
ABN TRUST FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt

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