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THE SACHS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1181874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Eye on the Ground

General Charitable Purposes.

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Latest income
£382k
Latest spending
£600k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £26,644 as of 23 January 2025, a decrease from £220,504 in the prior year. The trustees do not consider it necessary to maintain significant free reserves given the availability of the expendable endowment fund. Total resources expended were £600,007, primarily comprising grants to charitable organisations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no significant free reserves (held: £27k)
“Given the availability of the expendable endowment fund the trustees do not consider that the charity needs to maintain any significant free reserves although they recognise that such reserves will arise from time to time.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ludlow Trust Company Limited, a corporate trustee, charged the charity for administrative services.
“During the year under review Ludlow Trust Company Limited charged the charity £23,970 (2024: £26,896) for administrative services with £1,487 (2024: £1,528) accrued at the balance sheet date.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 23/01/2024)

Total income
£563k
Total spending
£431k
Cost of raising funds
£22k
Reserves (reported)
£221k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (70% 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: 3.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brazil · Malawi · Mozambique · Rwanda · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
23/01/2025£382k£600k
23/01/2024£563k£431k
23/01/2023£76k£358k
23/01/2022£235k£220k
23/01/2021£451k£453k

Common questions

Is THE SACHS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £26,644 as of 23 January 2025, a decrease from £220,504 in the prior year. The trustees do not consider it necessary to maintain significant free reserves given the availability of the expendable endowment fund. Total resources expended were £600,007, primarily comprising grants to charitable organisations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blue Spire Limited.

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
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED1£314k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
RNH SYNAGOGUE & COLLEGE LTD1£75k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SACHS FOUNDATION£382k—0above—no doubt
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
RCCG SURE FOUNDATION ASSEMBLY FY2025£213k—0above—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£825k—0unclear0.0%no doubt
The Sultans Fund FY2025£514kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt

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