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THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 327062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making of grants to various charitable bodies

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£205k
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £7,578,294 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's £8,524,926. The Trustees consider this level sufficient to guarantee distributable income and confirmed there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient level of reserves... to guarantee distributable income (held: £7.6m)
“The Trustees are of the view that a sufficient level of reserves are required to be maintained in order to guarantee distributable income for the Foundation. The level of reserves is reviewed on an annual basis.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: No donations received from related parties in current year
“No donations (2024: £1,000,000) were received from Pentland Capital Limited and no donations (2024: £1,000,000) were received from Pentland Group Limited, related parties of the Rubin Family.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bright Grahame Murray. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£37k
Reserves (reported)
£8.5m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~99.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 1.7% 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£205k£1.2m
05/04/2024£2.2m£1.0m
05/04/2023£1.1m£843k
05/04/2022£90k£856k
05/04/2021£1.1m£812k

Common questions

Is THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £7,578,294 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's £8,524,926. The Trustees consider this level sufficient to guarantee distributable income and confirmed there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bright Grahame Murray.

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
GRAFF FOUNDATION1£140k
BEIS KOSOV1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST£205k—0unclear—no doubt
REUBEN FOUNDATION FY2024£64.3m—0unclear—no doubt
LUBAVITCH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£311k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ZOCHONIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0above—no doubt
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION FY2025£397k—0above—no doubt
RUBISLAW FOUNDATION FY2024£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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