# THE GREAT BRITAIN SASAKAWA FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 290766
- **Other names:** THE GREAT BRITAIN - SASAKAWA FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01867362](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01867362)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=290766


## Contact

- **Address:** Lower Ground Floor, 24 Bedford Row, London
- **Postcode:** WC1R 4TQ
- **Phone:** 020 7436 9042
- **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 &amp; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE &amp; 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 &amp;amp; education, science, technology &amp;amp; environment, medicine &amp;amp; health, arts &amp;amp; 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&#x27;s backing.




## 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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE
- Japan
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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 |




