The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation

Charity number: 1140911
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The charity carries out research to help those whose lives have been affected by conflict and war. Money is raised to fund research into effective methods of mine detection and prevention of injury. We also support educational and humanitarian programs which help improve the lives of the victims enabling indigenous communities to better manage the risks posed by explosive remnants of war.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2025

Total income: £97,664
Total expenditure: £280,091

People

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for being a trustee.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambodia
  • Ukraine

Governance

Registration history:
  • 29 March 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • FABW (Previous name)
  • FIND A BETTER WAY (Previous name)
Company number:
07574103 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Stephen Cross Chair 13 May 2015
None on record
Kate Nixon Trustee 15 September 2025
None on record
Jane Bateman Trustee 01 July 2019
None on record
Rupert Cecil Trustee 17 January 2019
AGE UK BOLTON
Received: On time
John Shiels Trustee 17 February 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024 30/06/2025
Total gross income £119.48k £55.17k £50.95k £188.10k £97.66k
Total expenditure £1.45m £1.26m £573.76k £200.42k £280.09k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 June 2025 23 February 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2025 23 February 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2024 28 March 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 28 March 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 29 April 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 29 April 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 20 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 20 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 11 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 12 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/03/2011 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18/01/2012 as amended on 20 Jun 2019

Charitable objects

OBJECT 1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE OR PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) TO: 1.1 CARRY OUT RESEARCH TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AND WAR AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; 1.2 RELIEVE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WHICH HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AND WAR; AND 1.3 ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF ALLEVIATING SUFFERING AND DISTRESS WHICH HAS RESULTED FROM CONFLICT OR WAR.

Contact information

Address:
BARTLE HOUSE
9 OXFORD COURT
MANCHESTER
M2 3WQ
Phone:
07967830468
Email:
jane@thesbcfoundation.org
Website:

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