The Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation reported income of £509k and spending of £507k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £359k to £509k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Humanity Care Relief (£508k), NACCOM (No Accommodation Network) (£510k) and Islamic Integration Community Centre Iicc (£508k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 6.0%. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £147k. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate.