The 8th Earl of Sandwich Memorial Trust

Analysis

The 8th Earl of Sandwich Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The 8th Earl of Sandwich Memorial Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £13k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £17k (+49%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The 8th Earl of Sandwich Memorial Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Order of St Leonard (£17k), MASK Create (£17k) and Sir George Brown (£17k).