Aruna and Ambika Paul Foundation — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 1 September 1978
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025
Latest income: £341,666
Latest expenditure: £38,287
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 103 BAKER STREET, LONDON, W1U 6LN

02 Activities

What the charity does

The foundation gives grants to further education and to promote the health and wellbeing of young people, mainly in the UK, India and the USA. It also gives humanitarian relief where appropriate, from time to time.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 26 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 26 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £341,666
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,287

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 25 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 25 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,597,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,839,298

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 29 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 29 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £306,703
Total Gross Expenditure: £141,406

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 28 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 28 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £233,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,073,898

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 22 February 2022
Date Accounts Received: 22 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £242,237
Total Gross Expenditure: £35,126

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 26 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £341,666
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,287
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 25 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,597,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,839,298
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £306,703
Total Gross Expenditure: £141,406
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £233,120
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,073,898
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 22 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £242,237
Total Gross Expenditure: £35,126
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 25 February 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 2260750
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 336370
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2597120
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £12,737
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,826,561
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4839298
Expenditure Investment Management: 12737
Expenditure Grants Institution: 4680000
Expenditure Governance: 14823
Expenditure Support Costs: 62544
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 255053
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £4,307,632
Assets Total Fixed: 6712159
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 6712159
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,613,337
Assets Total Liabilities: £3,745,640
Assets Current Investment: 514185
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £5,579,856
Creditors One Year Total Current: 2630320
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1115320
Assets Cash: £2,099,152
Funds Endowment: 1272224
Funds Unrestricted: 4307632
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 5579856
Count Employees: 0
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: United States
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: North America
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: India
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: Aruna and Ambika Paul Foundation
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1978-09-01T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 10TH APRIL 1978 as amended on 27 Apr 2023 as amended on 19 Sep 2023
Charitable Objects: TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE ORGANISATION OR ORGANISATIONS PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 96287
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: AMBIKA PAUL FOUNDATION

Charity Name Id: 96275
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: AMBIKA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Charity Name Id: 671608
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: Aruna and Ambika Foundation

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures