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.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR OBJECTS IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £59.2 million to £57.8 million due to a net expenditure exceeding investment income. The charity maintains reserves of £57.8 million, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of two years' normal charitable expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BKL Audit LLP. Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2026)

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: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREA GAIE SCOULLER
• Chloe Fletcher
• JEROME HUMPHREY ANDRE LACROIX
• JULIAN MICHAEL EDWARD LEE
• Karis Ann Lacroix
• SUSAN GINA LACROIX · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sebastian Gaskell Lee

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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