The Helen Straker Charity

Registered charity 1161942 · since 2015thehelenstrakercharity.co.uk·England, Wales·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£180k

Annual giving, year to 31 May 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

The charity's stated purpose is cancer, both support for people with cancer and research into cancer treatment, so a project in those areas is the clearest fit.
Its priority area is England and Wales, and its annual report shows £180,000 paid, though the register does not confirm that scale and no grant range is stated, so no typical request size is given to aim for.
It publishes no application process, so the first step is to contact the charity and ask whether it accepts unsolicited requests and how it decides.
Its funds have gone mainly to two favoured charities that remain at the core of its aims, though it says it also wants to support other causes, and the annual report records donations to three organisations in total.

Overview

The Helen Straker Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1161942).

The Helen Straker Charity was formed in memory of its founder, with two charities in mind. It exists to assist individuals and families affected by cancer and to support research into cancer treatment. Its annual report records £180,000 in donations to three charities, and funds raised have been shared between two charities that the founder favoured.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The foundation’s objective is to assist individuals and families who suffer from cancer and support research into cancer treatment. It raises funds through social events to improve the provision of care and support for people in its community with a life-limiting illness. Funds have been shared between two charities favoured by Helen, which remain at the core of its aims, while it also wishes to offer other causes support. Its values include availability to all, community, voluntary service, professionalism and independence. Its report records donations to three organisations.

Themes

Cancer support
Cancer research

Geographic Focus

Priority: England; Wales.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Helen Straker Charity.

The Churchill FoundationRollingGave £231k The Ronald and Joan Johnston Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £83,398 Robert Luff FoundationNo public processGave £1.6M The Chandris FoundationRollingGave £128k The Marjorie Jaye Charitable FoundationInvitation onlyGave £104k The Kathleen Smith FoundationRollingGave £166k The Garl FoundationNo public processGave £1M Chapel of LifeNo public process The Conway Charitable FoundationNo public processGave £134k The Edward Gostling FoundationInvitation onlyGave £16.7M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 May 2021	£11,080	£17,994	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 2021
year to 31 May 2022	£163,118	£128,700	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 2022
year to 31 May 2023	£302,729	£292,424	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 2023
year to 31 May 2024	£231,425	£261,813	—	Accounts for year to 31 May 2024
year to 31 May 2025	£224,942	£231,467	£180,000	Accounts for year to 31 May 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 May 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.