SAO FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1179682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORIAIKHI-SAO FOUNDATION

The objects of the charity are to advance in life and relieve the needs of underprivileged young people in the UK and Africa particularly but not exclusively, through the provision of financial and mentoring support as a means of: (a) advancing education; (b) relieving sickness; and (c) providing visual and performing arts activities

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK AND AFRICA PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND MENTORING SUPPORT AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(B) RELIEVING SICKNESS; AND(C) PROVIDING VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · 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 the charity's unrestricted reserves are in a deficit of £54,550.16, following a net movement in funds of (13,684.36) for the year. Total income was £812,356.33 against total expenditure of £826,040.69. The trustees confirm that sufficient financial support is available to continue operating as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 16/06/2026, 136 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 20/08/2025, 201 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 11/12/2024, 315 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 02/11/2023, 275 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 11/03/2022, 39 days after the 31/01/2022 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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% 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: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nana Yao Sao
• Saliudeen Bolaji Bakare
• Sangwani Andrew Mabhena

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

Operates in: France · Germany · Italy · Monaco · Spain · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ANGLO SA FOUNDATION.

• THE ANGLO SA FOUNDATION income £52k
• THE SASHA FOUNDATION income £74k
• SOHN FOUNDATION LONDON income £191k
• FOUNDATION MATTERS income £366k
• THE IOE FOUNDATION income £50k
• ACCOMPLISH CHILDREN'S TRUST CIO income £156k

Side by side with its peers

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