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THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1129643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation seeks to provide support to smaller charitable organisations which are local to the Simmons & Simmons' offices in which the firm's staff have or can have an active involvement and which address social exclusion ie by helping the less privileged to access opportunity.

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £15,077, which the Trustees consider appropriate given their zero-reserve policy and lack of fixed expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies entirely on donations from Simmons & Simmons LLP and has no paid staff, resulting in a net expenditure for the year that reduced its fund balances from the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: zero-reserve policy (held: £15k)
“As the Foundation has no fixed expenditure, the Trustees believe a zero-reserve policy is appropriate.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Deloitte LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Belgium · Bristol City · China · France · Germany · Hong Kong · Ireland · Italy · Japan · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Qatar

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£1.0m£1.0m
30/04/2024£1.0m£1.4m
30/04/2023£1.0m£762k
30/04/2022£2.3m£2.3m
30/04/2021£217k£318k

Common questions

Is THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £15,077, which the Trustees consider appropriate given their zero-reserve policy and lack of fixed expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies entirely on donations from Simmons & Simmons LLP and has no paid staff, resulting in a net expenditure for the year that reduced its fund balances from the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Deloitte LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HIPPODROME CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SIR SIMON MILTON FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SIR SIMON MILTON FOUNDATION FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LAWS FOUNDATION FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
LSEG Foundation FY2024£4.6m—0unclear—no doubt
NNS FOUNDATION FY2025£10.0m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.