The Charlotte Straker Project

Analysis

The Charlotte Straker Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02756650). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Charlotte Straker Project reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.3m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Charlotte Straker Project sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Disability Together Limited (£2.3m), Lindfield Christian Care Home (£2.3m) and Ellen Macarthur Cancer Trust (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 6.2% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3,589. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 66 people.