The Straight Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Straight Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 2011, 15 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 April 2025, The Straight Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £25k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £42k to £15k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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, The Straight Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include NDC Trust (£15k), The Woodmill Trust (£15k) and The FSP Foundation (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.