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THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1155744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting education

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£236k
Latest spending
£230k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £66,543, which is above the stated policy target of covering at least one year's committed expenditure, as the charity reported no committed expenditure or administrative expenses. The charity generated a net surplus of £6,730 for the year, increasing its cash reserves. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's committed expenditure (held: £67k)
“The Trustees' policy is to hold sufficient reserves to cover at least one year's committed expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£551k
Total spending
£574k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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£236k£230k
31/03/2024£401k£441k
31/03/2023£551k£574k
31/03/2022£265k£564k
31/03/2021£703k£355k

Common questions

Is THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £66,543, which is above the stated policy target of covering at least one year's committed expenditure, as the charity reported no committed expenditure or administrative expenses. The charity generated a net surplus of £6,730 for the year, increasing its cash reserves. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 FOOTBALL FOUNDATION1£1.6m
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION1£40k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
LIVING WELL UK1£14k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£7k
THE PWC FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION£236k—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SAUNDERSON FOUNDATION FY2025£442k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) FY2025£536kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
ASTON VILLA FOUNDATION FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt

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