THE SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1140603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote or advance any purpose which is charitable according to the law of England and Wales for the benefit of the public by the payment of grants, loans and other payments to organisations the trustees shall deem fit.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE OR ADVANCE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PAYMENT OR GRANTS, LOANS AND OTHER PAYMENTS TO SUCH ORGANISATION OR ORGANISATIONS THE OBJECTS OF WHICH ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£342k
Latest spending
£342k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recommenced charitable activities after a period of inactivity, resulting in a net outgoing resource of £626 for the year. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £114,411, with cash reserves of £169,440.92, providing adequate resources for foreseeable operations. The trustees confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The incoming resources of the charity for the period ended 8 February 2025 amounted to £342,066, arising from donations to the charity by John Bernstein and The John Bernstein Foundation and bank interest.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 08/02/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington · Namibia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
08/02/2025£342k£342k
08/02/2024£0£0
08/02/2023£0£0
08/02/2022£0£0
08/02/2021£0£120k

Common questions

Is THE SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recommenced charitable activities after a period of inactivity, resulting in a net outgoing resource of £626 for the year. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £114,411, with cash reserves of £169,440.92, providing adequate resources for foreseeable operations. The trustees confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£6k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATIONFY2022Unverified read£3kGrants to institutions

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SARAH AND PATRICK WILLS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SAPPHIRE FOUNDATION£342k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SARAH AND PATRICK WILLS FOUNDATION FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
THE F A F CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£40k——unclear—no doubt
FLAIR FOUNDATION FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£124k—0above—no doubt

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