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THE SANDWICH UNITED CHARITY

Registered charity 205894 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SANDWICH UNITED CHARITIES

The charity provides and maintains almshouses and a chapel, within a conservation area, in the town of Sandwich. The almshouses are allocated to needy and predominantly elderly people residing in Sandwich or the adjoining parishes of Worth, Eastry, Woodnesborough and Ash. The chapel is used as a place of worship for residents and the local community.

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Latest income
£199k
Latest spending
£179k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves held at 31 December 2025 amounted to £2,410,146, which is below the previous year's figure of £2,465,099. The trustees report that sufficient reserves are held to enable the application of income to management expenses, ordinary maintenance, and extraordinary repairs, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Sufficient reserves are held to enable the Trustees to apply the income of the charity to management expenses, ordinary maintenance of the Charity’s properties and extraordinary repair, improvement or rebuilding of the properties. (held: £2.4m)
“Sufficient reserves are held to enable the Trustees to apply the income of the charity to management expenses, ordinary maintenance of the Charity’s properties and extraordinary repair, improvement or rebuilding of the properties.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£199k£179k
31/12/2024£222k£207k
31/12/2023£200k£219k
31/12/2022£172k£205k
31/12/2021£159k£175k

Common questions

Is THE SANDWICH UNITED CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves held at 31 December 2025 amounted to £2,410,146, which is below the previous year's figure of £2,465,099. The trustees report that sufficient reserves are held to enable the application of income to management expenses, ordinary maintenance, and extraordinary repairs, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE1£1.1m

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SANDWICH UNITED CHARITY£199k—0above—no doubt
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH FY2025£460k—0unclear—no doubt
SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES FY2024£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
WOODLEY SANDFORD AND CHARVIL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£166k—0above—no doubt
THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES FY2025£225k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.