SAINSBURY RESEARCH UNIT FOR THE ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA AND THE AMERICAS

Registered charity 296041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SAINSBURY RESEARCH UNIT, THE SAINSBURY UNIT FUND

During the year ended 31 July 2018 there were no changes in the general policies of the Trustees. The Trust remains a grant making trust making grants in accordance with the objects. The Trustees do not make grants in response to unsolicited applications nor to individuals.

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

Latest income

£372k

Latest spending

£412k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £61,359 and endowment funds were £10,608,818 as of 31 July 2025. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or specific unrestricted expenditure figures to assess financial health against policy. No material uncertainties or serious governance incidents are explicitly stated in the provided text.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

DUNCAN IAN CALLAGHAN · trustee of 2 other charities
HON AND V TRUSTEE LTD · trustee of 1 other charity
Joseph Christopher Burns · trustee of 6 other charities
PETER HESKETH · trustee of 2 other charities
Professor Catherine Richardson · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor David John Maguire · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Japan · Norfolk · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£372k	£412k
31/07/2024	£397k	£422k
31/07/2023	£369k	£400k
31/07/2022	£356k	£380k
31/07/2021	£302k	£340k

Common questions

Is SAINSBURY RESEARCH UNIT FOR THE ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA AND THE AMERICAS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were £61,359 and endowment funds were £10,608,818 as of 31 July 2025. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or specific unrestricted expenditure figures to assess financial health against policy. No material uncertainties or serious governance incidents are explicitly stated in the provided text. 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
SRI SATHYA SAI CHARITABLE TRUST UK	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SAINSBURY INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JAPANESE ARTS AND CULTURE.

THE SAINSBURY INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JAPANESE ARTS AND CULTURE income £350k
SAINSBURY CENTRE ENDOWMENT FUND income £403k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST income £365k
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST income £113k
THE SACKLER TRUST income £413k
THE SCS TRUST income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAINSBURY RESEARCH UNIT FOR THE ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA AND THE AMERICAS	£372k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SAINSBURY INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF JAPANESE ARTS AND CULTURE FY2025	£350k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SAINSBURY CENTRE ENDOWMENT FUND FY2025	£403k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SAINTBURY TRUST FY2025	£365k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SACKLER TRUST FY2024	£413k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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