The Neil and Alison Ostrer Foundation

Analysis

The Neil and Alison Ostrer Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tring. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Neil and Alison Ostrer Foundation reported income of £554k and spending of £93k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.1m to £554k (-89%), an average of -43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 621%. Over the whole period it spent 17% 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 Neil and Alison Ostrer Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dengie Project Trust (£552k), The Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation (£555k) and The PFC Trust (£549k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 97% and donations and legacies 3.2%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £75k. Reserves of £11.7m would cover about 1256 months of spending at that rate.