The Bryan and Sirkka Sanderson Foundation

Analysis

The Bryan and Sirkka Sanderson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bryan and Sirkka Sanderson Foundation reported income of £18k and spending of £51k, spending 292% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £18k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 471% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Bryan and Sirkka Sanderson Foundation sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Battyeford Primary PTFA (£18k), 1st Filton St Peter's Scout Group (£18k) and Alveston Jubilee Hall (£18k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.