THE SAMWORTH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 265647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CADELL-SAMWORTH FOUNDATION (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHETWODE SAMWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST)

The Foundation has a strict policy of being proactive grant makers and does not respond to unsolicited applications.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~204.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (02/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Cameroon · Derbyshire · Kenya · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire · Tanzania · Thailand · Throughout London · Uganda · Zimbabwe

Income and spending