THE NEIL AND ALISON OSTRER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1161036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes as the Trustees determine from time to time

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING GRANTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£554k
Latest spending
£93k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,687,121, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. The charity reported a net income of £460,794 for the year, driven by investment returns, while charitable expenditure totaled £93,309. The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The spending to assets ratio will always remain at a low level on an annual basis, and, in the event of a decline in the cash reserves after spending over any one year period, then the Trustees would look to replenish the assets before undertaking further spending. (reserves figure: £11.7m)
“The spending to assets ratio will always remain at a low level on an annual basis, and, in the event of a decline in the cash reserves after spending over any one year period, then the Trustees would look to replenish the assets before undertaking further spending.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 10/05/2022, 99 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£554k
Total spending
£93k
Reserves (reported)
£11.7m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (97% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£554k£93k
31/03/2024£1.6m£18k
31/03/2023£226k£123k
31/03/2022£152k£679k
31/03/2021£5.1m£357k

Common questions

Is THE NEIL AND ALISON OSTRER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,687,121, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. The charity reported a net income of £460,794 for the year, driven by investment returns, while charitable expenditure totaled £93,309. The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NEIL AND ALISON OSTRER FOUNDATION£554k—0above—no doubt
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST FY2026£1.2m—0above—no doubt
O'HEA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£492k—0unclear—no doubt
N NASR FOUNDATION FY2024£50k—0unclear—no doubt
OY FOUNDATION FY2025£114k—0unclear—no doubt

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