The Sands Family Trust

Analysis

The Sands Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Sands Family Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £3,844, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £11k to £19k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 492%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Sands Family Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Joseph Hutchinson Charity (£19k), Mr and Mrs F E F Newman Charitable Trust (£19k) and R M B I Friends of the Albert Edward Prince of Wales Court (£19k).