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

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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. (held: £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.

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

Total income

£554k

Total spending

£93k

Reserves (reported)

£11.7m

Employees

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

ALISON JANE OSTRER
MISTY LAUREN OSTRER
NEIL OSTRER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MANCHESTER CITY GALLERIES TRUST	1	£135k
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF NACHALAT OSHER CHARITABLE TRUST.

FRIENDS OF NACHALAT OSHER CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION income £1.2m
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION income £10.7m
THE SUMMERSCALE FOUNDATION income £2.6m
OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.0m
THE CRANBROOK FOUNDATION income £520k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NEIL AND ALISON OSTRER FOUNDATION	£554k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF NACHALAT OSHER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£153k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION FY2026	£10.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUMMERSCALE FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OGLESBY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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