The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture

Analysis

The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture reported income of £350k and spending of £400k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £284k to £350k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund (£350k), Up Projects (£350k) and Cubitt Artists Limited (£350k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.