THE SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 257950 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

To apply the trust fund and income thereof for general charitable purposes, in particular, by the making of grants to charitable institutions and the furtherance of interfaith activities to promote racial and religious harmony between the three abrahamic faiths (Christian, Jewish and Muslim), and the education in, and understanding of, their fundamental tenets and beliefs.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£16.3m

Latest spending

£362k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £927,731, which the trustees consider adequate to meet charitable commitments as they fall due. The charity's financial position is described as satisfactory, supported by significant investment property and share holdings, although the auditors issued a qualified opinion regarding the valuation of a major associated company investment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate to provide sufficient funds to enable it to meet its charitable commitments as they fall due (held: £928k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain free reserves at a level considered adequate to provide sufficient funds to enable it to meet its charitable commitments as they fall due” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BKL Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£16.3m

Total spending

£362k

Reserves (reported)

£19.1m

Employees

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DILWAR HUSSAIN
JONATHAN RONALD KROPMAN
Jeremy Simon Smilg
MICHAEL V STERNBERG QC KCFO
Martin Paisner CBE MA LLM · trustee of 26 other charities
NOAM TAMIR · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£16.3m	£362k
05/04/2024	£380k	£405k
05/04/2023	£273k	£402k
05/04/2022	£273k	£345k
05/04/2021	£241k	£333k

Common questions

Is THE SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £927,731, which the trustees consider adequate to meet charitable commitments as they fall due. The charity's financial position is described as satisfactory, supported by significant investment property and share holdings, although the auditors issued a qualified opinion regarding the valuation of a major associated company investment. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BKL Audit 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	1	£39k
M & E CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST.

C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST income £220k
M AND S STORFER CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.8m
SANBRI LTD income £2.9m
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.0m
SOUTH HAMPSTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £934k
STERVON LTD income £261k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£16.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
M AND S STORFER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SANBRI LTD FY2025	£2.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH HAMPSTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£934k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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