SPALDING RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY

Registered charity 229268 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants made to or on behalf of individuals in need resident in South Holland District.

Objects

ú1 TO THE VICAR FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SPALDING FOR PREACHING A SERMON ON THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. ú1 TO THE ABOVE VICAR FOR PREACHING A SERMON 10 MARCH. RESIDUE IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: SPALDING, COWBIT, DEEPING ST NICHOLAS, PINCHBECK, WESTON

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Holland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £9,682 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £134,132. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity explicitly states it has no formal reserves policy, aiming to distribute incoming resources within a reasonable time span.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The Charity is connected with the Spalding Almshouse Charity, which is also administered by the Spalding Town Husbands under the Scheme.
“The Charity is connected with the Spalding Almshouse Charity, which is also administered by the Spalding Town Husbands under the Scheme.” — page 3
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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • 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
31/12/2025£47k£36k
31/12/2024£47k£47k
31/12/2023£45k£53k
31/12/2022£41k£37k
31/12/2021£36k£32k

Common questions

Is SPALDING RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £9,682 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £134,132. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity explicitly states it has no formal reserves policy, aiming to distribute incoming resources within a reasonable time span. 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
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST LAWRENCE CHARITABLE FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPALDING RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY£47k—0unclear—no doubt
ST LAWRENCE CHARITABLE FUND FY2026£48k—0above—no doubt
ST. PAUL'S, FURZEDOWN FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025£80k—0above—no doubt
SERVING HUMANITY FOUNDATION FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
STEVENTON ALLOTMENTS AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt

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