SAMBOURNE TRUST

Registered charity 217466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAMBOURNE ALMSHOUSE AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY, SAMBOURNE RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY, THE SAMBOURNE TRUST

The provision of housing for local persons in need of accommodation. Financial help to local elderly, infirm and disabled persons. Educational and training grants to local young persons wishing to improve their skills. Support for transport from village to nearby town.

Objects

1) IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF SAMBOURNE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. 2) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF SAMBOURNE.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF SAMBOURNE

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,066 for the year ended 31 March 2026, contrasting with a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £40,000 in designated reserves held for future building work, emergencies, and beneficiary support. The trustees have disclosed an intention to transfer assets to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with a view to closing the charity in due course.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Julie Taaffe · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID MACMULLEN
• JANET BARBARA HAMMERSLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Roger Lloyd Williams · trustee of 2 other charities
• Laurence Evans · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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