Herbert and Stefanie Straus Memorial Trust

Analysis

Herbert and Stefanie Straus Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Herbert and Stefanie Straus Memorial Trust reported income of £717k and spending of £150k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £56k to £717k (+1170%), an average of +89% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 855%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Herbert and Stefanie Straus Memorial Trust 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Annandale Charitable Trust (£712k), Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust (£719k) and The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation (£709k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £640k. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £112k. Reserves of £5.3m would cover about 407 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.