Rama Foundation

Analysis

Rama Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 2006, 20 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rama Foundation reported income of £18k and spending of £22k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,058 to £18k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rama Foundation sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Optical Seva (£18k), Rotary Club of Southport Links (£18k) and Flash & Longnor Community First Responders (£18k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.