The Saunderson Foundation

Analysis

The Saunderson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Saunderson Foundation reported income of £442k and spending of £186k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £106k to £442k (+316%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Saunderson Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coal Trade Benevolent Association (£442k), John a Thompson Memorial Trust (£444k) and Salford Foodbank (£442k).