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Registered charity · Leicestershire

The Ruth Strauss Foundation

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit: 1. the prevention or relief of sickness by supporting research into the diagnosis, treatment and cure of rare forms of lung cancer, in particular but not limited to, adenocarcinoma and the...

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.ruthstraussfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Ruth Strauss Foundation
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.3m£2.4m
  • 2024£2.3m£2.2m
  • 2023£2.6m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.2m£940k
  • 2021£1.2m£451k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit: 1. the prevention or relief of sickness by supporting research into the diagnosis, treatment and cure of rare forms of lung cancer, in particular but not limited to, adenocarcinoma and the publication of the useful results of such research; and 2. the relief of need among sufferers of lung cancer and other terminal illnesses and their families (in particular but not limited to young children) by providing such funding, support and services as the trustees in their discretion think 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.

3 trustees on the board

0y median 0y
average tenure
0y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
23y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
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 3

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

Health and social care 12Construction 3Professional services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£2.3m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

15.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 34.4 in 2021

16
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1183221
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14 MAR 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 APR 2019 as amended on 28 Aug 2020
Companies House
Company number 11882736 · Active
Contact on the register
01163269050 · info@ruthstraussfoundation.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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