THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1144990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to charitable organisations

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£277k

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charitable company’s affairs. The independent auditor concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the Trust's ability to continue operating for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

The Glass-House Trust — “The Glass-House Trust – The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts” (source page)
The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts — “The Glass-House Trust – The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALEX SAINSBURYchair · trustee of 4 other charities
ELINOR ROBYN ZOE SAINSBURY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£277k	£1.2m
05/04/2024	£266k	£1.4m
05/04/2023	£218k	£1.2m
05/04/2022	£176k	£659k
05/04/2021	£192k	£486k

Common questions

Is THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charitable company’s affairs. The independent auditor concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the Trust's ability to continue operating for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10.0m
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION	1	£80k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST.

THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST income £3.4m
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £222k
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST income £156k
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST income £820k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUST	£277k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£222k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£156k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£820k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£842k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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