Ostro Fayre Share Foundation

Analysis

Ostro Fayre Share Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ostro Fayre Share Foundation reported income of £592k and spending of £472k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £592k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ostro Fayre Share Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Butchers and Drovers Charitable Institution (£591k), Salisbury Foodbank (£592k) and Keren Ezra Mimtzika (£591k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73% and investments 7.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 27 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.