THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 262463 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JOHN RITBLAT CHARITABLE TRUST NO 1

The Charity is established to create a fund for the benefit or furtherance of such charitable purposes, charitable institutions or charitable foundations on such terms in such manner and in such shares and proportions as the Trustees may from time to time determine.

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Latest income
£267k
Latest spending
£177k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,292,237 at the year end, an increase from the previous year's £6,089,358. The Trustees consider the financial position to be sound, noting that reserves provide sufficient funds to cover management costs and allow scope for carrying out charitable objects. The charity reported a net income of £202,879 for the year, derived from investment gains and income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover management and administration costs and allows the Trustees scope for carrying out the objects of the charity (held: £6.3m)
“The charity has no endowment funds so all its reserves are unrestricted and the balance at year end was £6,292,237 (2024: £6,089,358). This provides sufficient funds to cover management and administration costs and allows the Trustees scope for carrying out the objects of the charity.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BKL Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2021)

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£72k
Reserves (reported)
£5.6m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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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£267k£177k
05/04/2024£286k£126k
05/04/2023£212k£130k
05/04/2022£46k£196k
05/04/2021£2.6m£72k

Common questions

Is THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,292,237 at the year end, an increase from the previous year's £6,089,358. The Trustees consider the financial position to be sound, noting that reserves provide sufficient funds to cover management costs and allow scope for carrying out charitable objects. The charity reported a net income of £202,879 for the year, derived from investment gains and income. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BKL Audit LLP.

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
DILLHAVEN LIMITED1£92k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£17k
KTRUST LIMITED1£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BLAIR TRUST FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION£267k—0above—no doubt
THE BLAIR TRUST FUND FY2025£187k—0unclear—no doubt
T & S TRUST FUND FY2025£334k—0above—no doubt
RICHMOND TRUST FUND FY2025£220k—0above—no doubt
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt

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