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THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE

Registered charity 1096454 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q135189823

The object of The Sainsbury Archive is to advance education for the public benefit by collecting, maintaining and displaying items and documents relating to the history of Sainsbury's and the family of John James Sainsbury.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PRESERVATION, STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COLLECTION OF THE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, OBJECTS, ARTEFACTS, MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS AND PAPERS WHICH TOGETHER FOR THE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN JAMES SAINSBURY AND THE COMPANY FOUNDED BY JOHN JAMES SAINSBURY NOW CALLED J SAINSBURY PLC (FORMERLY J SAINSBURY AND THEN J SAINSBURY LIMITED) ("THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE") AS A DISCREET ARCHIVE FOR STUDY BY HISTORIANS, SCHOLARS AND OTHER PERSONS AS THE CHARITY SHALL THINK APPROPRIATE

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£294k
Latest spending
£282k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £11,550 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £247,082. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due and identify no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: J Sainsbury plc (38% of income)
“Grants received in the year comprised £108,760 (2024: £104,948) from J Sainsbury plc and £180,000 (2024: £180,000) from the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a level that, with known income flows, will sufficiently cover current and future expenditure (held: £247k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain a level that, with known income flows, will sufficiently cover current and future expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£294k£282k
31/03/2024£289k£285k
31/03/2023£282k£264k
31/03/2022£285k£251k
31/03/2021£309k£227k

Common questions

Is THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £11,550 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £247,082. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due and identify no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE as a grant recipient include THE HEADLEY TRUST, THE LINBURY TRUST, THE INDIGO TRUST, THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST, THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2025£300kTowards running costs.
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2024£50kTowards operating costs.
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2021£50kThe first payment of a £250k project over five years, for core costs.
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2022£50kTowards core operating costs; second payment of a five year £250k grant.
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2025£50kTowards operating costs.
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2023£50kTowards operating costs, third payment of a five-year £250k grant.
THE INDIGO TRUSTFY2025£30kDiscretionary Grants
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUSTFY2025£30kTowards core costs of the Sainsbury Archive.
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30kCore costs
STAPLES TRUSTFY2025£30kTowards its core costs.
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2025£30kA five-year grant (£6,000 per year) for the annual running and project costs of the Archive
THE MARK LEONARD TRUSTFY2025£30kTowards the Archive’s core costs.
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUSTFY2025£30kTowards annual running costs. The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of Sainsbury’s supermarket since its foundation. The collection includes much on the S
THE INDIGO TRUSTFY2021£25kCore funding towards annual running costs.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kTowards core costs.
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2023£5kTowards the maintenance and running costs of the Sainsbury Archives.
THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUSTFY2023£5kTowards core costs
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUSTFY2024£5kGeneral
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUSTFY2022£5kTowards core costs.
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2024£5kTowards the maintenance and running costs of the Sainsbury Archives.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kTowards core costs.
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kTowards core costs.
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2022£5kTowards the maintenance and running costs of the Sainsbury Archives.
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUSTFY2022£5kGeneral
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2021£5kAs above.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kTowards its core costs.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION1£200k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£10k
THE PAVIORS' CHARITY1£7k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND1£2k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION1£1k
THE DOUBLE 'O' CHARITY LIMITED1£960

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ARCHIVE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE£294k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ARCHIVE TRUST FY2025£79k—0above—no doubt
THE SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE MUSEUM TRUST FY2025£930k—0above—no doubt
THE BARING ARCHIVE LIMITED FY2025£191k——unclear—no doubt
ARCHIVE OF MARKET AND SOCIAL RESEARCH FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SELBORNE SOCIETY LIMITED FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.