The Kurt and Magda Stern Foundation

Analysis

The Kurt and Magda Stern Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09929204). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Kurt and Magda Stern Foundation reported income of £213k and spending of £301k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £93k to £213k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 145% 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 Kurt and Magda Stern Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 Walter Guinness Charitable Trust (£213k), The John Slater Foundation (£213k) and The Colchester and Tendring Community Trust (£213k).