The Gordon Sanders Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Gordon Sanders Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 Gordon Sanders Charitable Foundation reported income of £506k and spending of £513k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £105k to £506k (+382%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 547%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Gordon Sanders Charitable Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of the St Helier NHS Trust (£506k), Hull and East Yorkshire Counselling Limited (£506k) and Personalised Eating Disorder Support (£506k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.