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The Sainsbury Archive
The Sainsbury Archive is a registered charity (number 1096454) based in London, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Timothy Fallowfield since 2005. Latest income £294k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £294k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- archive.museumoflondon.org.uk/SainsburyArchive (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Sainsbury Archive
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£294k£282k
- 2024£289k£285k
- 2023£282k£264k
Earlier years
- 2022£285k£251k
- 2021£309k£227k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
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
Grants received
50 grants · £3,637,364 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Indigo Trust · £1,783,253 (9 grants)
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation · £604,590 (9 grants)
- The Linbury Trust · £600,000
- The Headley Trust · £300,000
- Three Guineas Trust · £74,755 (8 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Timothy Fallowfield Chair since 2005
- Alex Sainsbury since 2008
- Adrian Steel since 2025
- Dr Juliette Miriam Fritsch since 2025
- Francesca Elizabeth Sainsbury Perrin since 2020
- Mark Given since 2016
- Mark Leonard Sainsbury since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Timothy Fallowfield Chair since 2005
- Alex Sainsbury since 2008
- Francesca Elizabeth Sainsbury Perrin since 2020
- Mark Given since 2016
- Mark Leonard Sainsbury since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Adrian Steel since 2025
- Dr Juliette Miriam Fritsch since 2025
- Francesca Elizabeth Sainsbury Perrin since 2020
- Mark Given since 2016
Portfolio (3)
- Timothy Fallowfield Chair since 2005
- Alex Sainsbury since 2008
- Mark Leonard Sainsbury since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1096454
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION DATED 16 SEPTEMBER 2002, NOW ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2009. as amended on 10 Oct 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 04585197 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02076302914 · info@sfct.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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