The Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust reported income of £205k and spending of £1.2m, spending 575% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £205k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1147%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include June Margaret Pavyer Will Trust (£204k), The Esher House Charitable Trust (£205k) and The Azouz Foundation (£203k).