Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE 

The object of The Sainsbury Archive is to advance education for the public benefit by collecting, maintaining and displaying items and documents relating to the history of Sainsbury's and the family of John James Sainsbury.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£282£264£18n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£285£251£34n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£309£227£82n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£252£263£-11n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£323£268£55n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£165£242£-78£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£274£212£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£163£200£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£211£219£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£211£210£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£207£156£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£192£186£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£240£161£79£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£123£195£-72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£181£133£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£143£179£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£185£128£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£313£515£-202£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£171£100£71£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£210£98£112£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Indigo Trust£50,000
Staples Trust£50,000
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund£30,000
Three Guineas Trust£25,000
True Colours Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Core costs
£10,000 14/11/2023
Core costs
Three Guineas Trust - Running costs over 5 years
£25,000 17/06/2020
Towards running costs over 5 years.
Indigo Trust - Annual running costs of the archive
£25,000 28/05/2020
Five year grant Core funding towards annual running costs of the archive
Indigo Trust - Annual running costs of the archive
£25,000 27/05/2020
Five year grant Core funding towards annual running costs of the archive
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - The Sainsbury Archive - core costs
£10,000 14/05/2020
Core Costs
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - The Sainsbury Archive - core costs
£10,000 14/05/2020
Core Costs
Staples Trust - Towards core costs.
£25,000 24/03/2020
Towards core costs.
Staples Trust - Towards core costs.
£25,000 24/03/2020
Towards core costs.
True Colours Trust - Towards annual running costs
£25,000 03/03/2020
Towards annual running costs
Three Guineas Trust - Annual runmning costs and project archivist
£4,500 22/05/2017
Towards the annual running costs and a project archivist.
Indigo Trust - Annual Running Costs and Project Archivist
£4,500 11/05/2017
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Three year grant (£1,500 in financial years 17-18, 18-19 and 19-20) towards annual running costs and a project archivist.
Mark Leonard Trust - Annual running costs and a project archivist
£9,000 02/05/2017
Towards running costs and a project archivist.
J J Charitable Trust - Annual running costs and a project archivis
£9,000 02/05/2017
Towards running costs and a project archivist.
True Colours Trust - towards annual running costs and a project archivist
£4,500 05/04/2017
towards annual running costs and a project archivist
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards annual running costs and a project archivist.
£4,500 22/03/2017
Towards annual running costs and a project archivist.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Annual running costs and a project archivist
£4,500 16/03/2017
Towards annual running costs and a project archivist.
Staples Trust - Core costs and an archivist
£4,500 14/03/2017
Towards core costs and an archivist.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£113,000 25/01/2017
The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of Sainsbury’s from its foundation in Drury Lane in 1869 to the present day. The Sainsbury Archive is held in the Sainsbury Study Centre at the Museum of ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Core costs
£3,160 03/12/2014
Towards core costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£78,000 15/10/2014
The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of Sainsbury’s from its foundation in Drury Lane in 1869 to the present day. The Sainsbury Archive is held in the Sainsbury Study Centre at the Museum of ....more
Staples Trust - Core costs
£3,160 09/10/2014
Towards core costs.
Tedworth Charitable Trust - Core costs
£3,160 07/10/2014
Towards core costs.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards operating costs over three years
£3,160 01/08/2014
Towards operating costs.
True Colours Trust - Towards core costs
£3,160 17/07/2014
Towards core costs
Indigo Trust - Core costs
£3,160 03/06/2014
Three year grant towards core costs of an archive which documents the history of Sainsbury supermarkets.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards core/project costs of maintaining archives
£4,000 19/01/2011
Towards core and project costs of maintaining the archives. AB to bring the question of long-term funding of the Archive before the Management Committee board in March.
Indigo Trust - Core costs and project costs
£4,000 06/12/2010
Towards core cost and project costs of the Sainsbury Archive, which maintains a collection of materials relating to the history of the Sainsbury family and business.
Three Guineas Trust - Core costs and project costs
£4,000 15/11/2010
Towards core costs and project costs.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core and project costs
£100,000 05/10/2010
The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of Sainsbury’s from its foundation in Drury Lane in 1869 to the present day. The Sainsbury Archive is held in the Sainsbury Study Centre at the Museum of ....more
Indigo Trust - Sainsbury Archive
£1,593 18/07/2008
Towards the core costs of the Sainsbury Archive.
Indigo Trust - The Sainsbury Archive
£5,000 18/07/2008
Towards additional costs of the Sainsbury Archive.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£20,000 10/07/2008
The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of Sainsbury’s from its foundation in Drury Lane in 1869 to the present day. The Sainsbury Archive is held in the Sainsbury Study Centre at the Museum of ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - improvements to the main display area etc
£5,000 12/06/2008
Improvements to the main display area, expansion of the archive's on-line services, and the employment of an assistant to the archivist.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Running costs and upgrading facilities.
£3,000 25/01/2007
Running costs and upgrading facilities.
Gatsby Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£46,600 05/10/2006
The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of Sainsbury’s from its foundation in Drury Lane in 1869 to the present day. The Sainsbury Archive is held in the Sainsbury Study Centre at the Museum of ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-64
  • MARK GIVEN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Marketing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2003, number: 1096454
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/11/2002, number: 04585197
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 2 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 14 days late, AR06: 38 days late,
Main office

The Sainsbury Family Charitable Tru
5 Wilton Road
LONDON
SW1V 1AP

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PRESERVATION, STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COLLECTION OF THE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, OBJECTS, ARTEFACTS, MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS AND PAPERS WHICH TOGETHER FOR THE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN JAMES SAINSBURY AND THE COMPANY FOUNDED BY JOHN JAMES SAINSBURY NOW CALLED J SAINSBURY PLC (FORMERLY J SAINSBURY AND THEN J SAINSBURY LIMITED) (THE SAINSBURY ARCHIVE) AS A DISCREET ARCHIVE FOR STUDY BY HISTORIANS, SCHOLARS AND OTHER PERSONS AS THE CHARITY SHALL THINK APPROPRIATE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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