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The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

The Great Britain - Sasakawa Foundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
290766
Status
Registered
Registered
Jan. 9, 1985
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Worldwide

Address

Address
Lower Ground Floor
24 Bedford Row
London
WC1R 4TQ

Contact

Phone
02074369042
Website
gbsf.org.uk
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Activities

Awards grants upon application to organisations in the UK and Japan for UK-Japan related projects in the following fields:- youth & education, science, technology & environment, medicine & health, arts & culture, sport, the humanities, Japanese language and Japanese studies. Awards will only be made to individuals where they can demonstrate their planned activity has an organisation's backing.

Objects: (A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THECITIZENS OF JAPAN IN EACH OTHERSã INSTITUTIONS, PEOPLE, HISTORY, LANGUAGE, CULTUREAND SPORT, IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE & HEALTH AND ALSO IN EACH OTHERSãINTELLECTUAL, ARTISTIC AND ECONOMIC LIFE; (B) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH IN ANY OF THE ABOVE AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OFSUCH RESEARCH.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Country
Japan, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £3,867,072 £1,846,955 £47,214,367 3
Dec. 31, 2023 £1,419,553 £1,512,101 £45,190,601 3
Dec. 31, 2022 £1,584,986 £1,096,114 £42,341,663 3
Dec. 31, 2021 £1,453,587 £884,122 £46,581,329 3
Dec. 31, 2020 £11,803,469 £1,181,193 £41,141,952 3

Trustees

Name Appointed
Paul Damian Madden CMG (Chair) Oct. 25, 2024
Joanna Pitman Sept. 6, 2011
Jeremy Lloyd Scott Sept. 18, 2018
Jumpei Sasakawa Oct. 4, 2023
Koji Tsuruoka Nov. 11, 2025
Professor Janet Elizabeth Hunter Sept. 30, 2014
Professor Dame Louise Robinson May 22, 2025
Professor Izumi Kadono Sept. 12, 2019
Professor Yuichi HOSOYA July 11, 2013
Tatsuya Tanami April 1, 2008