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.

Objects

1. THE PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PEOPLE RESIDENT IN SANDWICH AND ADJOINING PARISHES. 2. THE PROVISION OF BENEFITS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF SANDWICH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

PAUL GORDON GRAEME MBE , JPchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ADRIAN JONES PONTING · trustee of 1 other charity
Amandajayne Hollobon Baxter
Caroline Ann Leith
DANIEL FRIEND
Grahame Henry Connor
HARRY WILLIAM SAMPSON
MARGARET ANN RUSSELL
Paul James Stephen Harris
RICHARD ALAN DAW
SUSAN JOAN CAROLINE GRAEME

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE	1	£1.1m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY.

WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £491k
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH income £460k
SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES income £2.5m
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
WOODLEY SANDFORD AND CHARVIL CHARITABLE TRUST income £166k
THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES income £225k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SANDWICH UNITED CHARITY	£199k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WILLIAM LOVETT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£491k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH FY2025	£460k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SALISBURY CITY ALMSHOUSE AND WELFARE CHARITIES FY2024	£2.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£177k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WOODLEY SANDFORD AND CHARVIL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£166k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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