Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST 

Making of grants to various charitable bodies
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £6,875,151 available, equivalent to 98 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
05/04/23£1,120£843£278£0£6,875£6,87597.900
05/04/22£90£856£-766n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£1,079£812£267£0£7,460£7,460110.200
05/04/20£3,003£907£2,095£0£6,461£6,46185.500
05/04/19£2,540£660£1,880£0£4,718£4,71885.800
05/04/18£2,535£962£1,572£0£2,787£2,78734.700
05/04/17£510£579£-69£0£1,208£1,2082500
05/04/16£1,009£708£300£0£1,235£1,23520.900
05/04/15£1,009£689£320£0£952£95216.600
05/04/14£7£579£-571£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£1,011£329£682£4£1,175£1,17542.900
05/04/12£309£378£-69£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£13£543£-530£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£21£467£-446£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£1,073£693£381£2£1,523£1,52326.400
05/04/08£143£984£-841£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07*£101£461£-360£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06*£1,080£585£495£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£94£529£-434£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£74£428£-354£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 97.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 172.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 38 years

alison.mcmillan@pentland.com

020 7535 3870

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/03/1986, number: 327062
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 98 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust
8 Manchester Square
London
W1U 3PH

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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