THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1153738 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ALLEN & OVERY FOUNDATION

The Foundation was established to provide donations for the benefit of any one or more qualified charities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,947,688, which exceeds the total grant commitments of £1,623,556. The trustees maintain that the Foundation has adequate financial resources to meet operational needs for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its 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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08636434

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MARQUETTY, Hippolyte — director, appointed 30/06/2026on trustee list
• DANFORTH, Emma — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• HINDOCHA, Rishi — director, appointed 01/11/2025on trustee list
• SKIFFINGTON, Sean James — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
• LONGLEY, Frances Ruth — director, appointed 01/07/2024on trustee list
• VAN DER BAAN, Hilde — director, appointed 06/08/2020not on trustee list
• JOHNSTON, Mary Elaine — director, appointed 09/07/2020on trustee list
• PAGE, Joanna Margaret — director, appointed 29/01/2020on trustee list
• HANNIGAN, Brendan — director, appointed 17/09/2019on trustee list
• CLIST, Angela Helen — director, appointed 16/04/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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

• Hilde van der Baanchair
• Angela Helen Clist
• Brendan Hannigan
• Emma Danforth
• Frances Ruth Longley
• Hippolyte Marquetty
• Joanna Margaret Page
• MARK JEREMY MANSELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Elaine Johnston
• Rishi Hindocha
• Sean James Skiffington

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Ethiopia · Guinea · Kenya · Mali · Mauritania · Mozambique · Niger · Nigeria

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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