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THE ASTOR FOUNDATION

Registered charity 225708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary object of the Foundation is medical research in its widest sense with preference given to assistance with launching/initial stages of new projects and filling in shortfalls. Also supported are children & youth groups, disabled, countryside, arts, sport, carers groups and animal welfare. Grants are generally between £500 and £2500, to UK registered charities, not available for salaries.

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

Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £4,478,196, comprising an expendable endowment fund and an income fund. The trustees report that free reserves totalled £92,327, noting that they do not consider it essential to maintain significant free reserves given the ability to flex grant expenditure. The charity is funded by investment income and has no employees, relying instead on an administrator and external investment advisers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
05/04/2025£147k£131k
05/04/2024£136k£115k
05/04/2023£118k£135k
05/04/2022£120k£136k
05/04/2021£109k£134k

Common questions

Is THE ASTOR FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £4,478,196, comprising an expendable endowment fund and an income fund. The trustees report that free reserves totalled £92,327, noting that they do not consider it essential to maintain significant free reserves given the ability to flex grant expenditure. The charity is funded by investment income and has no employees, relying instead on an administrator and external investment advisers. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blue Spire Limited.

Who funds THE ASTOR FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ASTOR FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£0Donations from corporations and trusts

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 GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION£147k—0unclear—no doubt
ASTER FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0no_policy—no doubt
THE ASTRA FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m£70,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt
SAO FOUNDATION FY2025£812k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEWSTAR FOUNDATION FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt

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