DRUKPA TRUST

Registered charity 1178756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RAISING FUNDS FOR AND OVERSEEING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL IN LADAKH, NORTHERN INDIA. RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE COST OF EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ATTENDING THE SCHOOL.

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

Latest income

£159k

Latest spending

£282k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £123,097 against a policy target of six months' running costs, which is below the stated policy. The charity reported a net expenditure of £123,317 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £252,651 to £129,334.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' running costs (held: £123k)

“The Charity’s policy on reserves is to generate and maintain a balance which is sufficient to cover 6 months’ running costs” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Drukpa Trust — “Drukpa Trust (a charity registered in England No.1178756) supports the school through capital fundraising and project management of the desi…” (source page)
Live to Love — “Live to Love , an international NGO supports the school through capital fundraising and value-added educational resources.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Stephen Robert Toddchair
ANNIE SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
Diana Cook · trustee of 3 other charities
JONATHAN ROSE RIBA
Roland Reinardy
WENDY CORNWELL

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

Operates in: Bhutan · China · India · Nepal · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£159k	£282k
31/03/2024	£172k	£208k
31/03/2023	£141k	£150k
31/03/2022	£158k	£56k
31/03/2021	£161k	£105k

Common questions

Is DRUKPA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £123,097 against a policy target of six months' running costs, which is below the stated policy. The charity reported a net expenditure of £123,317 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £252,651 to £129,334. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DRUKPA TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DRUKPA TRUST as a grant recipient include OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST, BIRTHDAY HOUSE TRUST, R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£75k
BIRTHDAY HOUSE TRUST	FY2025	£20k	Advancement of health or the saving of lives
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£614

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 A and J Charitable Trust	1	£155k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£108k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£100k
THE EDWARD & CATHERINE WRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALE	1	£22k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£20k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£20k
KEREN TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DRAGON SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

DRAGON SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £25.5m
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUST income £113k
THE DR N K SHAH TRUST income £633k
THE RAHULA TRUST income £146k
GJPS TRUST FUND income £349k
PAKTRUST.ORG income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DRUKPA TRUST	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DRAGON SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£25.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£113k	—	0	within	24.4%	no doubt
THE DR N K SHAH TRUST FY2025	£633k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RAHULA TRUST FY2025	£146k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GJPS TRUST FUND FY2025	£349k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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