THE JMCMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1118913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JMMRJ SORRELL FOUNDATION

The provision of grants for education, health and alleviation of poverty worldwide, including religious initiatives.The Trustees receive unsolicited requests for grants and try to give them adequate consideration in relation to the Foundation's goals. Only proposals and submissions sent electronically will be taken in consideration.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") ARE THAT THE TRUSTEES MUST PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY TO SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE TRUSTS COMPANIES ASSOCIATIONS OR INSTITUTIONS OR FOR SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets decreased to £36,290,810 from £39,926,511 in the prior year, primarily due to an unrealised loss on the revaluation of listed investments. The charity holds significant unrestricted cash and current assets of £6,402,520, with no current liabilities, indicating strong liquidity. The trustees report that governance and operational risks are considered low.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Purcells. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 26/06/2024, 142 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 01/03/2023, 24 days after the 05/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIR MARTIN STUART SORRELLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• LADY CRISTIANA SORRELL
• MARK RICHARD ANTONY SORRELL
• ROBERT ALEXANDER SORRELL

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brazil · Colombia · India · Italy · Throughout London · United States

Income and spending

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