THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1125802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The use of funds to meet international, national and local appeals, including individual appeals if relevant.

Objects

1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY OR MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE FOR PERSONS, ODIES, ORGANISATIONS AFFECTED.2 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISABILITIES AND THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Castle Point, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had accumulated unrestricted funds of £1,938 as of 5 April 2025, a decrease from the previous year's balance of £9,115. The charity reported total incoming resources of £506,155 and total expenditure of £513,332, resulting in a net outgoing for the year. The trustees confirmed there are no risks whatsoever and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2024 (received 12/03/2025, 35 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 28/02/2024, 23 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GORDON GEORGE SANDERSchair
• MICHAEL VENTHAM

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ANDERSON FOUNDATION.

• THE ANDERSON FOUNDATION income £976k
• THE GOLDERS CHARITABLE TRUST income £287k
• THE SALAMANDER CHARITABLE TRUST income £48k
• H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST income £124k
• THE GORDON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £12k
• THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST income £157k

Side by side with its peers

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