THE SANDVILLE SELF HELP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 517899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANDVILLE SELF HELP CENTRE

Self Help Centre offers a variety of physical, social, emotional and psychological support for individuals and their families with life limiting and life changing conditions and also bereavement services. We work closely with health and social care and have a robust education program

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC OR TERMINAL ILLNESS COUNTRYWIDE AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE SOUTH WALES AREA AND TO SERVE IN THOSE AREAS OF WORK WHICH THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CANNOT REACH BY ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING A SELF-HELP CENTRE WHEREBY SUCH PERSONS MAY BE TREATED AND COMFORTED IN THE CENTRE BY QUALIFIED MEDICAL AND NURSING PERSONNEL AND COUNSELLORS.

Area of benefit: COUNTRYWIDE AND SOUTH WALES IN PARTICULAR.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£419k

Latest spending

£432k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £1,653,926, while free reserves stood at £96,923. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure financial flexibility and operational continuity should fundraising capacity be reduced. The charity reported a net expenditure of £13,779 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total net assets from the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to provide financial flexibility... should fundraising capacity be reduced (held: £97k)

“It is the trustees view that it is prudent to ensure that there are sufficient reserves to provide financial flexibility should there be any unexpected events. In particular, the level of funds available is required to ensure the charity can continue operating over a period of time should fundraising capacity be reduced.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
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
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sandville Self Help Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr RICHARD MICHAEL HNYDAchair
ARTHUR BEALE · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher John Barber · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Seyed Kim Parviz Mohajer · trustee of 1 other charity
GEOFFREY DOWER
MARILYN E BEALE
Philip Masson
SARAH GOFF · trustee of 1 other charity
Scott Tyler

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£419k	£432k
31/03/2024	£397k	£320k
31/03/2023	£55k	£112k
30/09/2022	£172k	£184k
30/09/2021	£177k	£160k

Common questions

Is THE SANDVILLE SELF HELP FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £1,653,926, while free reserves stood at £96,923. The trustees consider it prudent to maintain sufficient reserves to ensure financial flexibility and operational continuity should fundraising capacity be reduced. The charity reported a net expenditure of £13,779 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total net assets from the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2025	£99k	Strengthening Services at Sandville Self Help Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/06/2024	£20k	Enhancing nutrition within life limiting and life changing conditions

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
ISSA FOUNDATION	1	£415k
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION	1	£63k
THE RANWORTH TRUST 1985	1	£50k
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£30k
THE R C SNELLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
Norwich Freemen's Charity	1	£22k
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANY	1	£10k
Alex Ferry Foundation	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM.

SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM income £739k
RESPONSE ORGANISATION income £17.6m
CANOLFAN FELIN FACH CENTRE LIMITED income £273k
MAKING MIRACLES income £301k
SAMARITANS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE income £136k
THE CENTRE FOR SPECIALIST EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE income £159k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SANDVILLE SELF HELP FOUNDATION	£419k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SELF HELP NOTTINGHAM FY2025	£739k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RESPONSE ORGANISATION FY2025	£17.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
CANOLFAN FELIN FACH CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£273k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MAKING MIRACLES FY2025	£301k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SAMARITANS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE FY2025	£136k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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