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THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1143953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Offering grants and donations for individuals or charitable associations, bodies and organisations for the advancement of education, arts and culture, amateur sports, promotion of good health and relief for sickness in the United Kingdom and in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Uganda and Kenya.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£126k
Latest spending
£139k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,541,593 at the year end, having adopted a policy to distribute all unrestricted funds as suitable opportunities arise. The charity reported a net outflow of resources of £163,680 for the year, driven by a significant unrealised loss on investments, though it maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: distribute all its unrestricted funds, as and when suitable funding opportunities are identified (held: £3.5m)
“The charity's policy is to distribute all its unrestricted funds, as and when suitable funding opportunities are identified.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Botswana · Burundi · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Rwanda · South Africa · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£126k£139k
05/04/2024£105k£114k
05/04/2023£76k£139k
05/04/2022£72k£118k
05/04/2021£76k£120k

Common questions

Is THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,541,593 at the year end, having adopted a policy to distribute all unrestricted funds as suitable opportunities arise. The charity reported a net outflow of resources of £163,680 for the year, driven by a significant unrealised loss on investments, though it maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST1—
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED1£25k
THE URSULA KEYES TRUST1£16k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION1£11k
THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£10k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST1£8k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEWSTAR FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION£126k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEWSTAR FOUNDATION FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt
Star Community Foundation FY2025£300k—0unclear—no doubt
T. & J. MEYER FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£427k——above—no doubt
STANLEY AND ZEA LEWIS FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£229k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STEINBERG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.