The Helen Straker Charity

Analysis

The Helen Straker Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09613887). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Helen Straker Charity reported income of £225k and spending of £231k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £11k to £225k (+1930%), an average of +112% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 1372%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Helen Straker Charity sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Witham Hub (£225k), Walsingham College (Yorkshire Properties) Ltd (£225k) and Escape Intervention Services Ltd (£225k).