KARTIK PRABHU MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1188703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KPMF, The Kartik Foundation

The Kartik Foundation (Kartik Prabhu Memorial Foundation) supports young adults from the UK and India through charitable projects and awards in the areas of art, enterprise, nature, education, and digital technology.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE TO ADVANCE IN LIFE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, SKILL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£327k
Latest spending
£129k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,514,782, which the Trustees acknowledge is a significant level compared to current expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £76,003 against charitable expenditure of £62,960, resulting in a small net movement in funds of £2,076. The Trustees confirmed there are no significant short or medium-term financial risks to the charity's continued operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate level of reserves to continue the charity's operations (reserves figure: £1.5m)
“The Trustees set out to maintain an adequate level of reserves to continue the charity's operations, at the year end this amounts to £1,514,782.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustee
“During the year, the charity received donations, including Gift Aid & donated shares, totalling £24,145 (2023: £393,750) from Tushar Prabhu, a Trustee.” — page 21
“During the year, grants of £7,000 (2023: £10,450) were paid to Variety The Children's Charity, a charity to which Tushar Prabhu is also a Trustee.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to Trustee-connected charity
“During the year, the charity received donations, including Gift Aid & donated shares, totalling £24,145 (2023: £393,750) from Tushar Prabhu, a Trustee.” — page 21
“During the year, grants of £7,000 (2023: £10,450) were paid to Variety The Children's Charity, a charity to which Tushar Prabhu is also a Trustee.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from Trustee
“During the year, the charity received donations, including Gift Aid & donated shares, totalling £24,145 (2023: £393,750) from Tushar Prabhu, a Trustee.” — page 21
“During the year, grants of £7,000 (2023: £10,450) were paid to Variety The Children's Charity, a charity to which Tushar Prabhu is also a Trustee.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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)

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

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 06/02/2025, 6 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 06/06/2024, 127 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 04/05/2022)

Total income
£654k
Total spending
£49k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
1

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£327k£129k
31/03/2024£76k£63k
31/03/2023£402k£60k
04/05/2022£654k£49k
04/05/2021£601k£13k

Common questions

Is KARTIK PRABHU MEMORIAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,514,782, which the Trustees acknowledge is a significant level compared to current expenditure. The charity reported a net income of £76,003 against charitable expenditure of £62,960, resulting in a small net movement in funds of £2,076. The Trustees confirmed there are no significant short or medium-term financial risks to the charity's continued operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KARTIK PRABHU MEMORIAL FOUNDATION£327k—0unclear—no doubt
PATHAK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2026£29k—0above—no doubt
Aruna and Ambika Paul Foundation FY2025£342k—0unclear—no doubt
CARD FACTORY FOUNDATION FY2026£1.4m—0above—no doubt
MICHAEL CARRICK FOUNDATION FY2026£109k—0above—no doubt
MUKUL MADHAV FOUNDATION UK FY2025£353k—0below—no doubt

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