THE ALTENBURG FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1170216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RUSI TRUST

The Trustees intend to make donations or grants to charitable and other organisations for the delivery of exclusively charitable projects aimed at the advancement of education, citizenship or community development and or amateur sport,

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£253k
Latest spending
£341k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £4,904,798, driven by investment revaluations, while free cash reserves stood at £520,107. The Trustees consider the level of reserves appropriate to meet current activities and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the Charity's ability to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: appropriate to meet current activities (held: £4.9m)
“Free cash reserves total £520,107 at the year end and the Trustees consider that the level of reserves is appropriate to meet current activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£240k
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£99k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (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£253k£341k
05/04/2024£160k£275k
05/04/2023£1.1m£240k
05/04/2022£64k£76k
05/04/2021£1.3m£82k

Common questions

Is THE ALTENBURG FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £4,904,798, driven by investment revaluations, while free cash reserves stood at £520,107. The Trustees consider the level of reserves appropriate to meet current activities and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the Charity's ability to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE ALTENBURG FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ALTENBURG FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£175k

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
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ALTENBURG FOUNDATION£253k—0above—no doubt
THE ALTRO FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£109k—0below—no doubt
THE ALTITUDE FOUNDATION FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
ALTOR FOUNDATION FY2024£256k—0below—no doubt
THE OLD ALBANIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.1m—0below—noted
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt

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