THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187566 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation will inspire a fairer and just society through Stephen's legacy engendering equality, diversity and inclusion for young people and communities globally.

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Latest income

£411k

Latest spending

£584k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £109,857 at the end of the period, with total net assets of £148,690. The trustees confirmed that assets are available and adequate to fulfil the charity's obligations, indicating no immediate financial distress.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to continue to trade in furtherance of its charitable objectives (held: £110k)

“The charity maintains sufficient reserves to continue to trade in furtherance of its charitable objectives.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Late filing admitted

“We acknowledge that the charities accounts will be submitted after the filing deadline set by the charities commission this year.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Nationwide — “Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation are excited to launch their biggest corporate partnership to date with Nationwide. This partnership is part …” (source page)

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBEchair
Adrian Sykes
Dr Clive Julian Driscoll · trustee of 1 other charity
ELVIN OSEI ODURO
Ebrahim Piperdy · trustee of 2 other charities
Georgina Lawrence
Karen Daye
Sonia Meggie

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£411k	£584k
31/07/2023	£484k	£389k
31/07/2022	£164k	£145k
31/07/2021	£289k	£115k
31/07/2020	£35k	£2k

Common questions

Is THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £109,857 at the end of the period, with total net assets of £148,690. The trustees confirmed that assets are available and adequate to fulfil the charity's obligations, indicating no immediate financial distress. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include SHOEBURYNESS AND THORPE BAY BAPTIST CHURCH.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SHOEBURYNESS AND THORPE BAY BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2023	£125	Mission and Ministry
SHOEBURYNESS AND THORPE BAY BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2024	£0

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£570k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£250k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£224k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£60k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION	1	£33k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION income £1.2m
Bates Wells Foundation income £113k
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION income £61.1m
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION income £33.9m
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £6.3m
THE LAWS FOUNDATION income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY FOUNDATION	£411k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION FY2026	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	0.0%	no doubt
Bates Wells Foundation FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION FY2025	£61.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE STEPHEN PERSE FOUNDATION FY2025	£33.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025	£6.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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