# THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1153738
- **Other names:** THE ALLEN & OVERY FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 9, 2013
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1153738


## Contact

- **Address:** ONE, BISHOPS SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E1 6AD
- **Phone:** 02030880000
- **Email:** allenoveryfoundation@allenovery.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 4.1 THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):4.1.1 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED WHETHER BECAUSE OF POVERTY, YOUTH, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; 4.1.2 THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AMONGST THOSE LEAST ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE EFFECTS OF A MAJOR NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE SUFFERING CAUSED AS A RESULT OF CONFLICT;4.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; 4.1.4 THE PROMOTION OF THE SOUND DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW; AND4.1.5 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC AND WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS STATED ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

**Activities:** The Foundation was established to provide donations for the benefit of any one or more qualified charities.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Kenya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- The Gambia
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | £2227840 | £2083995 | £1947688 | 0 |
| April 30, 2024 | £2039971 | £1242180 | £1803843 | 0 |
| April 30, 2023 | £2308379 | £1868410 | £1006052 | 0 |
| April 30, 2022 | £1525754 | £1773403 | £566083 | 0 |
| April 30, 2021 | £1622005 | £1487961 | £813732 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **Hilde van der Baan** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 6, 2020
- Angela Helen Clist — appointed April 16, 2019
- Brendan Hannigan — appointed Sept. 17, 2019
- Emma Danforth — appointed Nov. 1, 2025
- Frances Ruth Longley — appointed July 1, 2024
- Joanna Margaret Page — appointed Jan. 29, 2020
- MARK JEREMY MANSELL — appointed June 16, 2014
- Mary  Elaine Johnston — appointed July 9, 2020
- Rishi Hindocha — appointed Nov. 1, 2025
- Sean James Skiffington — appointed May 1, 2025