The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £4.6m, spending 324% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £61.2m to £1.4m (-98%), an average of -61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Sam and Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young Camden Foundation (£1.4m), Raise Your Hands (£1.4m) and Bentley Federation Child Care Services (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.1m. Reserves of £52.9m would cover about 137 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.