THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 327062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making of grants to various charitable bodies

Objects

UPON SUCH TRUSTS AND FOR PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND & WALES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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) · Get email alerts

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

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 (reserves figure: £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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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 7.2 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 (3.2%) (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
M B FOUNDATION (ALSO KNOWN AS MOSSAD HORAV MOSHE ARYEH HALEVY)1£37k

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 FY2025£79.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£212k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt
TAUNTON ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REUBEN TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt

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