The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

Analysis

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01867362). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.8m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.6m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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 Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Armed Forces Equine Charity (£1.6m), Tom Harrison House (£1.6m) and Cardiff Mind Ltd (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 75% and charitable activities 25%. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £33.3m would cover about 189 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.