Ratnam Foundation

Analysis

Ratnam Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wembley. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ratnam Foundation reported income of £100k and spending of £36k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £115k to £100k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ratnam Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Okehampton District Community Transport Group (£100k), Youbelong (£100k) and The Berkshire Masonic Charity (£100k).