# THE GREAT BRITAIN SASAKAWA FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 290766
- **Other names:** THE GREAT BRITAIN - SASAKAWA FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 9, 1985
- **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=290766


## Contact

- **Address:** Lower Ground Floor, 24 Bedford Row, London
- **Postcode:** WC1R 4TQ
- **Phone:** 02074369042
- **Website:** www.gbsf.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE




## 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

- Japan
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3867072 | £1846955 | £47214367 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1419553 | £1512101 | £45190601 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1584986 | £1096114 | £42341663 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1453587 | £884122 | £46581329 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £11803469 | £1181193 | £41141952 | 3 |



## Trustees

- **Paul Damian Madden CMG** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 25, 2024
- JOANNA PITMAN — appointed Sept. 6, 2011
- Jeremy Lloyd Scott — appointed Sept. 18, 2018
- Jumpei Sasakawa — appointed Oct. 4, 2023
- Koji Tsuruoka — appointed Nov. 11, 2025
- PROFESSOR JANET ELIZABETH HUNTER — appointed Sept. 30, 2014
- Professor Dame Louise Robinson — appointed May 22, 2025
- Professor Izumi Kadono — appointed Sept. 12, 2019
- Professor Yuichi HOSOYA — appointed July 11, 2013
- TATSUYA TANAMI — appointed April 1, 2008