THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 802756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation's objectives are the advancement of education and medicine throughout the world, the relief of poverty, hunger and sickness and the advancement of interfaith understanding.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£620k

Latest spending

£226k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity’s free reserves were in a deficit of £2,248,302 as at 31 December 2024, following a net movement in funds of £394,144. The Trustees note that the Charity is reliant upon donations and depends on confirmation from related entities to fund any shortfall, indicating a dependency on continued related-party support to maintain operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: covers administrative costs and grant applications throughout the year (held: £-2.2m)

“It is the policy of The Hinduja Foundation to maintain funds, which are free reserves of the Charity, at a level which covers administrative costs and grant applications throughout the year.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Trustees consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis. This assessment is on the basis of confirmation received from related entities that they would fund any shortfall should the Charity not receive sufficient donations from third parties.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Purchase of accountancy services

“During the year the Charity purchased accountancy services totalling £1,200 (2023 - £1,200) from Finac Services Limited, an entity under the control of the Trustees” — page 18

“During the year the Charity donated £nil (2023 - £110,000) to Mukul Madhav Foundation UK, a Charity which is controlled by a family member of the Trustees.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation to related charity

“During the year the Charity purchased accountancy services totalling £1,200 (2023 - £1,200) from Finac Services Limited, an entity under the control of the Trustees” — page 18

“During the year the Charity donated £nil (2023 - £110,000) to Mukul Madhav Foundation UK, a Charity which is controlled by a family member of the Trustees.” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lubbock Fine LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2023) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Total income

£620k

Total spending

£226k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dheeraj G Hinduja
PRAKASH HINDUJA
Sanjay G Hinduja

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£620k	£226k
31/12/2023	£393k	£3.0m
31/12/2022	£249k	£250k
31/12/2021	£114k	£124k
31/12/2020	£137k	£153k

Common questions

Is THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity’s free reserves were in a deficit of £2,248,302 as at 31 December 2024, following a net movement in funds of £394,144. The Trustees note that the Charity is reliant upon donations and depends on confirmation from related entities to fund any shortfall, indicating a dependency on continued related-party support to maintain operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Lubbock Fine 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM)	1	£23.2m
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£755k
THE PA FOUNDATION	1	£57k
THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION	1	£53k

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

SF FOUNDATION income £7.7m
THE RAJASTHANI FOUNDATION income £154k
THE POINT FOUNDATION income £102k
THE SAIFEE FOUNDATION OF EUROPE income £21.1m
IGO FOUNDATION LIMITED income £222k
THE RUMI FOUNDATION income £8.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION	£620k	—	unclear	—	noted
SF FOUNDATION FY2025	£7.7m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE RAJASTHANI FOUNDATION FY2024	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE POINT FOUNDATION FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SAIFEE FOUNDATION OF EUROPE FY2024	£21.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
IGO FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£222k	—	above	—	no doubt

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