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The Helen Straker Charity

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £225k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England
Website
thehelenstrakercharity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Helen Straker Charity
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£225k£231k
  • 2024£231k£262k
  • 2023£303k£292k
Earlier years
  • 2022£163k£129k
  • 2021£11k£18k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A) TO ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION, PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION OF (I) THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CANCER; AND (II) THE MENTAL HEALTH OF A CANCER SUFFERER'S FAMILY; ANDB) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS BY ASSISTING RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTION OF CANCER AND THE USEFUL DISSEMINATION OF SUCH RESEARCH,THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO SUCH REGISTERED CHARITIES AS THAT BE THOUGHT FIT.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

7.6y median 8y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Property 7Other services 5Construction 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£225k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1161942
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/05/2015
Companies House
Company number 09613887 · Active
Contact on the register
01380725121 · admin@thehelenstrakercharity.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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