The Harold William Sanderson Art in Industry Fund

Analysis

The Harold William Sanderson Art in Industry Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 Harold William Sanderson Art in Industry Fund reported income of £19k and spending of £44k, spending 229% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £115k to £19k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Harold William Sanderson Art in Industry Fund sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Denstone Music Society (£19k), The Bromsgrove University of the Third Age (£19k) and Hogarth Singers (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.