Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund

Analysis

Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sandwich. It was registered in January 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund reported income of £279k and spending of £360k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £126k to £279k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 215%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Town Land or John Cowper's Charity Known As John Coopers Charity (£279k), The Shropshire Horticultural Society (£280k) and The Suffolk Historic Churches Trust (£276k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.