THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£2.2m
Grants listed (FY2025)
93
Listed grants total
£1.8m
Accounts grants total
£2.0m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (67 grantees)
  • Throughout London (30 grantees)
  • Scotland (30 grantees)
  • Throughout England (25 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (21 grantees)
  • Kenya (16 grantees)
  • Uganda (14 grantees)
  • United States (10 grantees)
  • Nepal (10 grantees)
  • India (9 grantees)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees—£75k
newPlanète Enfants & Développement—£67k
newEntreculturas—£50k
newEqual Education Law Centre—£50k
newCONSORTIUM FOR STREET CHILDREN—£50k
newChristian Action Centre for Refugees—£40k
newEconomic Social and Cultural Rights (Just Fair)—£25k
newSURVIVING ECONOMIC ABUSE—£25k
upWomen for Women International£5k£408k
upPROJECT ORCHID LIMITED£5k£50k
upCommunitas Limited£5k£50k
upTHE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY£10k£25k
upAMBITION INSTITUTE£5k£25k
upTHE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£5k£25k
upTHE BRILLIANT CLUB£5k£25k
upSchool-Home Support£5k£25k
not listedCEASEFIRE CENTRE FOR CIVILIAN RIGHTS£289k—
not listedSTREET CHILD£146k—
not listedCentre for Education and Youth£50k—
not listedAshton Community Trust£50k—
not listedFOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME£50k—
not listedAMALA EDUCATION£50k—
not listedAfghanistan and Central Asian Association£25k—
not listedBirkbeck University of London£20k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Women for Women InternationalFY2025£408k
United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesFY2025£75k
Planète Enfants & DéveloppementFY2025£67k
Five Talents UKFY2025£50k
Orchid ProjectFY2025£50k
EntreculturasFY2025£50k
Equal Education Law CentreFY2025£50k
Farm AfricaFY2025£50k
Consortium for Street ChildrenFY2025£50k
Communitas LimitedFY2025£50k
Christian Action Centre for RefugeesFY2025£40k
British Red CrossFY2025£25k
Economic Social and Cultural Rights (Just Fair)FY2025£25k
Ambition InstituteFY2025£25k
London Community FoundationFY2025£25k
The Brilliant ClubFY2025£25k
Surviving Economic AbuseFY2025£25k
Action Against HungerFY2025£25k
Asylum AidFY2025£25k
School-Home SupportFY2025£25k
School for Social EntrepreneursFY2025£25k
Royal Courts of Justice Citizens Advice BureauFY2025£25k
Public Law ProjectFY2025£25k
PraxisFY2025£25k
Action on PovertyFY2025£24k
Independent AgeFY2025£20k
Childhood TrustFY2025£15k
New Horizon Youth CentreFY2025£15k
Ulster UniversityFY2025£12k
NSPCCFY2025£10k
Action Mental HealthFY2025£10k
Aspire NIFY2025£10k
BirthrightsFY2025£10k
Bristol Law CentreFY2025£10k
Business in the CommunityFY2025£10k
Cape MentorsFY2025£10k
Centre for Criminal Appeals (APPEAL)FY2025£10k
Ella's HomeFY2025£10k
Young Enterprise NIFY2025£10k
Wiltshire Law CentreFY2025£10k
We BelongFY2025£10k
Fighting Words NIFY2025£10k
Helen Bamber FoundationFY2025£10k
Integrated Education FundFY2025£10k
Islington Law CentreFY2025£10k
The Howard League for Penal ReformFY2025£10k
The GoodworkFY2025£10k
Just for Kids LawFY2025£10k
Ministry of StoriesFY2025£10k
Standout ProgramFY2025£10k
National AIDS TrustFY2025£10k
Spiral SkillsFY2025£10k
Specialisterne NIFY2025£10k
Special Educational Needs Advice CentreFY2025£10k
North West Migrants ForumFY2025£10k
Place2Be FriendsFY2025£10k
Queen Mary University of LondonFY2025£10k
Paddington Law CentreFY2025£10k
English for Action LondonFY2025£10k
Learn and ThriveFY2025£10k
Football Beyond BordersFY2025£8k
The AIRE CentreFY2025£8k
The Turnaround ProjectFY2025£7k
Class 13FY2025£7k
Adoption NIFY2025£7k
Advocacy After Fatal Domestic AbuseFY2025£7k
Quaker Social ActionFY2025£7k
The Dusty Knuckle Training CICFY2025£5k
LBI St MarksFY2025£5k
Latin American Women’s Rights ServiceFY2025£5k
The Garden ClassroomFY2025£5k
The Literacy PiratesFY2025£5k
Tower Hamlets Law CentreFY2025£5k
Ulster OrchestraFY2025£5k
Hackney DoorwaysFY2025£5k
Governors for SchoolsFY2025£5k
Vauxhall Community Law & Information CentreFY2025£5k
EnvisionFY2025£5k
Access Social CareFY2025£5k
Refugee Legal SupportFY2025£5k
SamphireFY2025£5k
South London Refugee AssociationFY2025£5k
Speakeasy Law CentreFY2025£5k
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary SchoolFY2025£5k
Monkstown Boxing ClubFY2025£5k
Migrants Organise LimitedFY2025£5k
East Greenwich Legal Advice ClinicFY2025£5k
Downright ExcellentFY2025£5k
Depaul InternationalFY2025£5k
Brent Centre for Young PeopleFY2025£5k
Action for Refugees in LewishamFY2025£5k
Ace Africa UKFY2025£5k
Victim Support NIFY2025£4k
Ceasefire Centre for Civilian RightsFY2024£289k
Street ChildFY2024£146k
Farm AfricaFY2024£50k
Centre for Education and YouthFY2024£50k
Ashton Community TrustFY2024£50k
Five Talents UKFY2024£50k
Forest Peoples ProgrammeFY2024£50k
Amala EducationFY2024£50k
Bristol Law CentreFY2024£50k
Afghanistan and Central Asian AssociationFY2024£25k
Birkbeck University of LondonFY2024£20k
British Red CrossFY2024£10k
Aspire NIFY2024£10k
Adoption UK CharityFY2024£10k
Free Representation UnitFY2024£10k
Freedom From TortureFY2024£10k
First GiveFY2024£10k
Bristol Refugee RightsFY2024£8k
Asylum Support Appeals ProjectFY2024£8k
Alice’s ArcFY2024£7k
Action TutoringFY2024£7k
Age UK Kensington & ChelseaFY2024£5k
upReachFY2024£5k
Upskill MeFY2024£5k
Urban SynergyFY2024£5k
Victim Support NIFY2024£5k
Voice 21FY2024£5k
Women for Women InternationalFY2024£5k
Young CitizensFY2024£5k
Young Enterprise NIFY2024£5k
Young RootsFY2024£5k
Youth Justice Legal CentreFY2024£5k
YWCA England And WalesFY2024£5k
The Turnaround ProjectFY2024£5k
Adult Literacy TrustFY2024£5k
Ambition InstituteFY2024£5k
Bail for Immigration DetaineesFY2024£5k
Blind in BusinessFY2024£5k
Bromley by Bow CentreFY2024£5k
Cape MentorsFY2024£5k
Cara FriendFY2024£5k
Central England Law CentreFY2024£5k
Centre for Women's JusticeFY2024£5k
CerebraFY2024£5k
Change Please FoundationFY2024£5k
Charities Aid FoundationFY2024£5k
Children’s Law CentreFY2024£5k
City Harvest LimitedFY2024£5k
Classics For AllFY2024£5k
CoachBright Charitable TrustFY2024£5k
Communitas LimitedFY2024£5k
Derbyshire Law CentreFY2024£5k
Doctors of the World UKFY2024£5k
Dracaena CentreFY2024£5k
Economic Social and Cultural Rights UKFY2024£5k
Extern Northern IrelandFY2024£5k
Fair Trials InternationalFY2024£5k
Fighting Words NIFY2024£5k
Friends of the Cancer CentreFY2024£5k
Future FirstFY2024£5k
Future FrontiersFY2024£5k
Get FurtherFY2024£5k
GingerbreadFY2024£5k
Goliath TrustFY2024£5k
Governors for SchoolsFY2024£5k
GROW MentoringFY2024£5k
Hackney Migrant CentreFY2024£5k
Hackney QuestFY2024£5k
Hastings Advice CentreFY2024£5k
Helen Bamber FoundationFY2024£5k
Human Rights ConsortiumFY2024£5k
ICAN CharityFY2024£5k
Immigrant ARCFY2024£5k
Independent Parental Special Education AdviceFY2024£5k
Innovations For Learning UKFY2024£5k
InquestFY2024£5k
Integrated Education FundFY2024£5k
International Lawyers ProjectFY2024£5k
IntoUniversityFY2024£5k
Invisible Girl ProjectFY2024£5k
JUSTICEFY2024£5k
Justice and CareFY2024£5k
KhulisaFY2024£5k
Kinship Care NIFY2024£5k
Law Centres NetworkFY2024£5k
Legal Action GroupFY2024£5k
London Community FoundationFY2024£5k
London Legal Support TrustFY2024£5k
Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres TrustFY2024£5k
Maternity ActionFY2024£5k
Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal UnitFY2024£5k
Monkstown Boxing ClubFY2024£5k
National Centre for Circus ArtsFY2024£5k
Norfolk Community Law ServiceFY2024£5k
North Bristol Advice CentreFY2024£5k
North Yorkshire Citizens Advice and Law CentreFY2024£5k
Notre Dame Refugee CentreFY2024£5k
Paddington Law CentreFY2024£5k
Peppo C.I.CFY2024£5k
Plan International UKFY2024£5k
Praxis Community ProjectsFY2024£5k
Prism the Gift FundFY2024£5k
Prisoners’ Advice ServiceFY2024£5k
Project OrchidFY2024£5k
Rainbow MigrationFY2024£5k
Raise AdviceFY2024£5k
RedthreadFY2024£5k
RefugeFY2024£5k
Refugee ActionFY2024£5k
Safe PassageFY2024£5k
SamphireFY2024£5k
School-Home SupportFY2024£5k
Schools Consent ProjectFY2024£5k
South West London Law CentresFY2024£5k
Speakeasy Law CentreFY2024£5k
Special Educational Needs Advice CentreFY2024£5k
St Giles TrustFY2024£5k
St Mary Magdalen’s SchoolFY2024£5k
stem4FY2024£5k
Stepney City FarmFY2024£5k
Suffolk Law CentreFY2024£5k
Tall Ships Youth TrustFY2024£5k
The Baytree CentreFY2024£5k
The Brilliant ClubFY2024£5k
The Civil Liberties TrustFY2024£5k
The DifferenceFY2024£5k
The FrontlineFY2024£5k
The Howard League for Penal ReformFY2024£5k
The Jenna Wilkins FoundationFY2024£5k
The Ministry of StoriesFY2024£5k
The Public Law ProjectFY2024£5k
The RCJ Advice BureauFY2024£5k
The Redress TrustFY2024£5k
The School for Social EntrepreneursFY2024£5k
The Story MuseumFY2024£5k
The Sussex BeaconFY2024£5k
ThinkForwardFY2024£5k
ToekomstatelierdFY2024£5k
Together for Short LivesFY2024£5k
Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership LimitedFY2024£5k
Tower Hamlets Law CentreFY2024£5k
Toynbee HallFY2024£5k
Trees for CitiesFY2024£5k
Ulster UniversityFY2024£5k
UN High Commissioner for RefugeesFY2024£5k
UniformedFY2024£5k
University College LondonFY2024£5k
University Of Strathclyde Law ClinicFY2024£5k
Save the ChildrenFY2023£749k
Street ChildFY2023£555k
Hope and Homes for ChildrenFY2023£430k
ICAN CharityFY2023£410k
Charities Aid FoundationFY2023£126k
Women for Women InternationalFY2023£105k
UN High Commissioner for RefugeesFY2023£95k
Ceasefire Centre for Civilian RightsFY2023£55k
Amala EducationFY2023£55k
Forest Peoples ProgrammeFY2023£55k
The Redress TrustFY2023£55k
SeeBeyondBordersFY2023£50k
British Red CrossFY2023£41k
Magic BreakfastFY2023£29k
Voice 21FY2023£28k
Action TutoringFY2023£28k
Zacchaeus 2000 TrustFY2023£25k
London Community FoundationFY2023£25k
Gavi COVAX AMCFY2023£25k
The School for Social EntrepreneursFY2023£25k
Economic Social and Cultural Rights UKFY2023£25k
School-Home SupportFY2023£25k
Central England Law CentreFY2023£25k
Plan International UKFY2023£25k
Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership LimitedFY2023£21k
Alice’s ArcFY2023£20k
Toynbee HallFY2023£20k
South West London Law CentresFY2023£20k
The RCJ Advice BureauFY2023£15k
Ulster UniversityFY2023£12k
Fair Trials InternationalFY2023£10k
Lewisham RefugeeFY2023£10k
London Legal Support TrustFY2023£10k
Madeline McMillanFY2023£10k
Maternity ActionFY2023£10k
Merseyside Law CentreFY2023£10k
Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal UnitFY2023£10k
Paddington Law CentreFY2023£10k
Southwark Law CentreFY2023£10k
Birkbeck University of LondonFY2023£10k
Afghanistan and Central Asian AssociationFY2023£10k
St Giles TrustFY2023£10k
Prisoners’ Advice ServiceFY2023£10k
Bristol Law CentreFY2023£10k
Suffolk Law CentreFY2023£10k
Refugee Legal SupportFY2023£10k
Tali Ships Youth TrustFY2023£10k
The Brilliant ClubFY2023£10k
The Howard League for Penal ReformFY2023£10k
The Ministry of StoriesFY2023£10k
The Switchback InitiativeFY2023£10k
Bail for Immigration DetaineesFY2023£10k
Trees for CitiesFY2023£10k
Shania CharlesFY2023£10k
Yajvee KowlessurFY2023£10k
Young RootsFY2023£10k
YWCA England And WalesFY2023£10k
Learning with ParentsFY2023£10k
Flourish NIFY2023£10k
Freedom From TortureFY2023£10k
Get FurtherFY2023£10k
Giving Impetus To Voluntary Efforts (Give India)FY2023£10k
Hackney Migrant CentreFY2023£10k
Hackney QuestFY2023£10k
Helen Bamber FoundationFY2023£10k
IntoUniversityFY2023£10k
Islington Law CentreFY2023£10k
Jearni Sciences CICFY2023£10k
JUSTICEFY2023£10k
NSPCCFY2023£8k
The Public Law ProjectFY2023£8k
Independent Parental Special Education AdviceFY2023£8k
Harrow Law CentreFY2023£8k
The Turnaround ProjectFY2023£7k
Eating Law CentreFY2023£7k
North Bristol Advice CentreFY2023£7k
Cape MentorsFY2023£7k
SamphireFY2023£7k
North Kensington Law CentreFY2023£7k
Future FirstFY2023£7k
National Centre for Circus ArtsFY2023£6k
Peppo C.ILCFY2023£6k
Change Please FoundationFY2023£6k
GROW MentoringFY2023£6k
KhulisaFY2023£5k
The Literacy PiratesFY2023£5k
Praxis Community ProjectsFY2023£5k
Rainbow MigrationFY2023£5k
Spitalfields City FarmFY2023£5k
St Mary Magdalen’s SchoolFY2023£5k
Stem4FY2023£5k
Surviving Economic AbuseFY2023£5k
The Civil Liberties TrustFY2023£5k
The Jenna Wilkins FoundationFY2023£5k
Together for Short LivesFY2023£5k
Tower Hamlets Law CentreFY2023£5k
Transport for AllFY2023£5k
UniformedFY2023£5k
University College LondonFY2023£5k
Unlock National Association of Ex-OffendersFY2023£5k
Partnership For ChildrenFY2023£5k
Mondo Challenge FoundationFY2023£5k
MigratefulFY2023£5k
Mental Health UKFY2023£5k
Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres TrustFY2023£5k
West Grove Primary SchoolFY2023£5k
De Bohun Primary SchoolFY2023£5k
Law for LifeFY2023£5k
International Lawyers ProjectFY2023£5k
Innovations For Learning UKFY2023£5k
Human Rights ConsortiumFY2023£5k
Greenhouse SportsFY2023£5k
Free Representation UnitFY2023£5k
Extern Northern IrelandFY2023£5k
Depaul UKFY2023£5k
Contact a FamilyFY2023£5k
Classics For AllFY2023£5k
Class 13 CIOFY2023£5k
Cara FriendFY2023£5k
Blind in BusinessFY2023£5k
Asylum Support Appeals ProjectFY2023£5k
Access Your Right To CareFY2023£5k
Prism the Gift FundFY2023£4k
Rhondda Cynon TafFY2023£4k
Kinship Care NIFY2023£3k
University Of Strathclyde Law ClinicFY2023£3k
Children’s Law CentreFY2023£3k
Dancers Career DevelopmentFY2023£3k
Young Enterprise NIFY2023£3k
Ashton Community TrustFY2023£2k
Farm AfricaFY2023£1k
Invisible Girl ProjectFY2023£1k
Walkabout FoundationFY2023£1k
Asociación Española Contra el CancerFY2023£1k
ToekomstatelierdFY2023£1k
POhWERFY2023£1k
Law for Life: the Foundation for Public EducationFY2023£1k
The Sussex BeaconFY2023£1k
Mental Health InnovationsFY2023£1k
Bloody Good PeriodFY2023£1k
The Baytree CentreFY2023£1k
Stitching Ms ResearchFY2023£1k
ArmentekortFY2023£1k
Duke UniversityFY2023£1k
Association Comité de EmergenciasFY2023£1k
Friends of the Cancer CentreFY2023£1k
Action Against HungerFY2023£1k
Sarah WhaleFY2023£1k
Immigrant ARCFY2023£1k
Befrienders WorldwideFY2023£1k
Specified Non-Profit Corporation Kamonohashi ProjectFY2023£1k
Urban SynergyFY2023£1k
Pils BusinessFY2023£1k
United World SchoolsFY2023£1k
SandsFY2023£1k
Mothers2Mothers (UK) LtdFY2023£1k
Diversity Role ModelsFY2023£500
Hope and Homes for ChildrenFY2022£430k
Street Child UKFY2022£374k

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 1841314 vs reference 1952789 (5.7% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.