The Ruspini Fund

Analysis

The Ruspini Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ruspini Fund reported income of £31k and spending of £104k, spending 335% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £31k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ruspini Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yeomanry Benevolent Fund (£31k), Waverley & Rushmoor Muslim Association (£31k) and The Southport and Birkdale Provident Society (£31k).