THE SAUNDERSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 284775 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to individuals and organisations.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£442k

Latest spending

£186k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £121,000 alongside cash of £60,178. The trustees report that these reserves are held to enable grants to be made rapidly to organisations in need. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID JAMES SAUNDERSON MA ACAchair
Dr PAUL ROBERT SAUNDERSON
Fiona Tweedy Saunderson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Peru · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£442k	£186k
05/04/2025	£238k	£231k
05/04/2024	£155k	£131k
05/04/2023	£207k	£213k
05/04/2022	£106k	£87k

Common questions

Is THE SAUNDERSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £121,000 alongside cash of £60,178. The trustees report that these reserves are held to enable grants to be made rapidly to organisations in need. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION income £236k
THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £506k
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED income £825k
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION income £61.1m
THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k
WINDSOR ROAD FOUNDATION income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SAUNDERSON FOUNDATION	£442k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION FY2025	£236k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£506k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£825k	—	unclear	0.0%	no doubt
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION FY2025	£61.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GRANT FOUNDATION FY2024	£185k	—	within	—	no doubt

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