The Rumi Foundation

Analysis

The Rumi Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05840786). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Rumi Foundation reported income of £8.0m and spending of £8.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7.7m to £8.0m (+4.4%), an average of +1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Rumi Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Police Treatment Centres (£7.9m), The Injured Jockeys Fund (£8.0m) and Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (£7.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 86%, donations and legacies 11% and trading 2.8%. Charitable activities took 7.7% of spending and raising funds 91%. Grants to other organisations totalled £529k. Reserves of £6.0m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate.

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.