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THE SOBELL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 274369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Sobell Foundation is a grant-making trust. Funding is generally restricted to charities working in the following fields: medical care and treatment; care and education for physically and mentally disabled people; homelessness; and care and support for the elderly and children from disadvantaged backgrounds. In Israel only the Trustees support coexistence and immigrant absorption projects.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £58,927,107, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equating to at least two years of normal charitable expenditure. The trustees report adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, despite noting the current uncertain economic outlook and stock market volatility.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years normal charitable expenditure (held: £58.9m)
“The trustees aim to maintain a reserve fund, including cash, at a level equating to at least two years normal charitable expenditure in order to meet any short-term variances in cash flow.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Quintessentially
“One of the Charity's trustees, Sebastian Lee, is also a trustee of Quintessentially (Charity no. 1144504). The Sobell Foundation made a grant of £5,000 (2023 Nil) to this charity during the year.” — page 27
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BKL Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£255k
Reserves (reported)
£59.2m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 21.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£1.2m£2.3m
05/04/2024£1.2m£2.3m
05/04/2023£941k£3.9m
05/04/2022£699k£4.0m
05/04/2021£1.9m£1.9m

Common questions

Is THE SOBELL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £58,927,107, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equating to at least two years of normal charitable expenditure. The trustees report adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future, despite noting the current uncertain economic outlook and stock market volatility. Its FY2024 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED1£755k
UK GIVES LTD1£35k
BONAMY CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOBELL HOUSE HOSPICE CHARITY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SOBELL FOUNDATION£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
SOBELL HOUSE HOSPICE CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£4.8m£70,001 - £80,0002unclear—no doubt
SABEEL FOUNDATION FY2025£378k—0unclear—no doubt
SF FOUNDATION FY2025£7.7m—0above—no doubt
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024£1.1m£70,000 - £80,0002above—no doubt
FREILICH FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2024£347k—0unclear—no doubt

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