SLEAFORD UNITED CHARITY

Registered charity 217444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to individuals or paying for items, services or facilities to reduce need, hardship or distress and making grants to organisations who provide such items, services or facilities.

Objects

TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: SLEAFORD (INCLUDING HOLDINGHAM AND QUARRINGTON) AND NEARBY PARISHES ANWICK, ASGARBY AND HOWELL, ASWARBY AND SWARBY, AUNSBY AND DEMBLEBY, BRAUNCEWELL, BURTON PEDWARDINE, CULVERTHORPE AND KELBY, DORRINGOTN, EWEBY AND EVEDON, GRESAT HALE, NEWTON AND HACEBY, HECKINGTON, HELPRINGHAM, HORBLING, KIRKBY LA THORPE, LEASINGHAM, LITTLE HALE, NORTH RAUCEBY, OSBOURNBY, ROXHOLM, RUSKINGTON, SCREDINGTON, SILK WILLOUGHBY, SOUTH RAUCEBY, SWATON, THREEKINGHAM, WILSFORD, BLOXHAM AND CRANWELL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Kesteven, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£33k
Latest spending
£22k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds increased to £21,122 from £14,431, while total cash funds rose to £25,948 from £14,431. Investment assets decreased in market value from £313,408 to £304,155. The trustees' report indicates a policy to distribute interest income, with undistributed income rolled over.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Government income: £16,500 — grants £16,500 (3); 49% of the £33,451 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£33k£22k
31/03/2025£11k£11k
31/03/2024£11k£11k
31/03/2023£11k£11k
31/03/2022£10k£20k

Common questions

Is SLEAFORD UNITED CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds increased to £21,122 from £14,431, while total cash funds rose to £25,948 from £14,431. Investment assets decreased in market value from £313,408 to £304,155. The trustees' report indicates a policy to distribute interest income, with undistributed income rolled over. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SCS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SLEAFORD UNITED CHARITY£33k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SCS TRUST FY2025£594k——unclear—no doubt
SHEFFIELD UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.5m£70,000 to £80,0002above—no doubt
THE UNITED CHARITIES FY2025£334k—0unclear—no doubt
CHESED CHARITY TRUST FY2025£988k—0unclear—no doubt
UNITEDLIFE FY2025£297k—0unclear—no doubt

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