OSTRO FAYRE SHARE FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1090985 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAYRE SHARE FOUNDATION
The Ostro Fayre Share Foundation seeks to promote interfaith, collaboration and connectivity between different communities; to encourage good citizenship and advance entrepreneurialism as a force for good. The Foundation supports faith based charitable purposes and is engaged in promoting the relief of poverty and women's economic empowerment in Burma.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's financial position is satisfactory, with unrestricted reserves of £996,710 at year-end. The Trustees consider assets sufficient to meet future obligations and maintain going concern status. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only a general policy to maintain sufficient funds.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: none
“Total income 496,298 214,350 710,648 825,906” — page 9
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to support existing programmes and commitments (held: £997k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which the Trustees consider sufficient to support existing programmes and commitments.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift in kind of office space valued at £240,000 from a family Trust where a beneficiary is a Trustee.
“Included in Donations is a gift in kind with a value of £240,000 in respect of office space, from a family Trust, where one of the beneficiaries is also a Trustee of the Ostro Fayre Share Foundation.” — page 14
“Also included in Donations is a gift in kind with a value of £50,000 in respect of provision of staff, from a Company where the director is also a Trustee of Ostro Fayre Share Foundation.” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift in kind of staff provision valued at £50,000 from a Company where the director is a Trustee.
“Included in Donations is a gift in kind with a value of £240,000 in respect of office space, from a family Trust, where one of the beneficiaries is also a Trustee of the Ostro Fayre Share Foundation.” — page 14
“Also included in Donations is a gift in kind with a value of £50,000 in respect of provision of staff, from a Company where the director is also a Trustee of Ostro Fayre Share Foundation.” — page 14
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~16.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (43% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- MAURICE OSTROchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- KATY OSTRO
- Tamara Rachel Ostrowiecki
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Burma · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OSTRO FAYRE SHARE FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is satisfactory, with unrestricted reserves of £996,710 at year-end. The Trustees consider assets sufficient to meet future obligations and maintain going concern status. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only a general policy to maintain sufficient funds. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
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