The JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation

Analysis

The JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation reported income of £2.4m and spending of £143k, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £548k to £2.4m (+332%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Three Pillars Trust (£2.4m), Living Sport Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Sports Partnership Limited (£2.4m) and Wearside Women in Need (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £6.4m would cover about 542 months of spending at that rate.