BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1186189 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Information on the charity's activities is not available.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE SUCH OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES SUBJECT TO CLAUSE 3.2.3.2 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cotswold, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£404k
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased by €3,613,388 to €9,672,305 at the end of the year, driven by charitable grants exceeding total income. The Trustees consider that the charity has adequate resources available to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to operate on the basis to have sufficient income to use towards meeting their charitable objects (reserves figure: £9.7m)
“The Trustees’ Reserves policy is to operate on the basis to have sufficient income to use towards meeting their charitable objects.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from Belron International Limited
“During the year, Belron International Limited donated €150,000 (2024: €1,120,514). Susan Ormiston is a director of Belron International Limited.” — page 5
“Football Academy Noah of €110,400 (2024: €85,850). Gary Lubner is a Trustee for these Charities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation to Football Academy Noah
“During the year, Belron International Limited donated €150,000 (2024: €1,120,514). Susan Ormiston is a director of Belron International Limited.” — page 5
“Football Academy Noah of €110,400 (2024: €85,850). Gary Lubner is a Trustee for these Charities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation to Instruments of Times and Truth
“During the year, Belron International Limited donated €150,000 (2024: €1,120,514). Susan Ormiston is a director of Belron International Limited.” — page 5
“Football Academy Noah of €110,400 (2024: €85,850). Gary Lubner is a Trustee for these Charities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation to Girl Talk Inc
“During the year, Belron International Limited donated €150,000 (2024: €1,120,514). Susan Ormiston is a director of Belron International Limited.” — page 5
“Football Academy Noah of €110,400 (2024: €85,850). Gary Lubner is a Trustee for these Charities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dunkley's. Discloses 4 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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£2.1m
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£11.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~63.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (68% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Austria · Belgium · Canada · Denmark · Finland · France · Germany · Greece · Italy · Kenya · Netherlands

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£404k£3.7m
31/12/2024£1.4m£2.1m
31/12/2023£1.1m£2.4m
31/12/2022£129k£2.6m
31/12/2021£9.0m£915k

Common questions

Is BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased by €3,613,388 to €9,672,305 at the end of the year, driven by charitable grants exceeding total income. The Trustees consider that the charity has adequate resources available to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dunkley's.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION£404k——unclear—no doubt
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt
LAUFER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£123k——unclear—no doubt
LITTLE GIVING FY2025£650k—0unclear—no doubt
ADAR CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£177k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRYAN CHRISTOPHER CORRIGAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt

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