STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1209249 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£10.7m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,101,517, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover all anticipated future financial commitments and maintain operations. The charity reported a net income of £11,087,016 for the year, driven by significant investment gains, and maintains a reserves policy targeting three years of grant commitments and operating expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three years of grant commitments and operating expenditure (held: £35.1m)
“The trustees consider a minimum reserve level equivalent to three years of grant commitments and operating expenditure to be appropriate” — page 10
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£10.7m
Total spending
£1.9m
Cost of raising funds
£75k
Reserves (reported)
£35.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~221.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: India · Kenya · Malawi · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£10.7m£1.9m
31/03/2025£25.1m£538k

Common questions

Is STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £35,101,517, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover all anticipated future financial commitments and maintain operations. The charity reported a net income of £11,087,016 for the year, driven by significant investment gains, and maintains a reserves policy targeting three years of grant commitments and operating expenditure. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WILFRED AND ELSIE ELKES CHARITY FUND1£24k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STRATTON CHASE FOUNDATION£10.7m—0unclear—no doubt
SALT FOUNDATION FY2025£426k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STRATTON NO2 CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£108k—0within—no doubt
THE STUART HALBERT FOUNDATION FY2025£210k—0unclear—no doubt
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt

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