The Sarah Henderson Memorial Fund

Analysis

The Sarah Henderson Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Woodhay. It was registered in June 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 Sarah Henderson Memorial Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £4,735, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,180 to £12k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Sarah Henderson Memorial Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nottingham Alevi Cultural Centre (£12k), Tshianza Tshia Kasai (£12k) and Friends of All Saints Church Allhallows (£12k).