The Sanderson Foundation

Analysis

The Sanderson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford-On-Avon. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sanderson Foundation reported income of £236k and spending of £230k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £703k to £236k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 108%. 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 Sanderson Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Finsbury Park Sports Partnership Ltd (£236k), Parent Club (£236k) and Crossroads Braintree and Chelmsford Ltd (£236k).