Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund

Registered charity 266738 · since 1974sandwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/sandwich-toll-bridge-fund·Sandwich·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

£8,250

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

£100 to £1,750

Grant range

From the annual report's grant list

£1,600

Typical grant (median)

6 published grants

Key takeaways

This fund suits a group that operates within the town of Sandwich and aims to provide or improve facilities and services for its residents, since that is who it says it can support.
Its grants have typically been between £100 and £1,750, with a median of £1,600, so a request in the low thousands is within its usual range, and a much larger request would sit outside it.
No application process is published in the annual report, on its register entry or on its website, so contact the fund directly to ask how to apply and when it considers requests before you write one.
Its exclusions include the purchase or maintenance of assets, so check that your project is not mainly that.
Organisations based outside Sandwich should not apply, given its stated eligibility.

Overview

Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 266738).

Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund is a registered charity that applies the surplus from the Sandwich Toll Bridge tolls to public works for the advantage of the town of Sandwich. The largest single item of its spending is contributing to the running of the historic Guildhall, including the Museum and Archives. It awarded £8,250 in total, and its recent grants have gone to local festivals, community initiatives, and cultural, heritage and special-interest organisations.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Fund applies surplus from the tolls to public works within Sandwich that clearly benefit the town’s residents or a group among them. The Trustee interprets this as limiting purchases, maintenance, donations and grants to people and organisations operating within Sandwich, whose objectives are to provide and improve facilities and services for local residents. It awards grants to local organisations and individuals. Its recent organisational awards include local festivals, community initiatives and cultural, heritage and special-interest organisations. It also contributes to the running of the historic Guildhall, including the Museum and Archives.

Themes

Public works

Geographic Focus

Town of Sandwich.

What they don't fund

Any purchase or maintenance of assets
Any donation or grant, to individuals and organisations operating within the town of Sandwich whose objectives are to provide and improve facilities and services for the benefit of the people of the town of Sandwich

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

Individuals and organisations operating within the town of Sandwich whose objectives are to provide and improve facilities and services for the benefit of the people of the town of Sandwich.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Organisations must operate within Sandwich and have objectives to provide and improve facilities and services for the benefit of its people.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Sandwich

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund.

The Rochester Bridge TrustMixed deadlinesGave £514k Queenborough Fishery TrustRollingGave £176k The Cobtree Charity Trust LimitedFixed deadlinesGave £284k The Faversham Municipal Charities 2010RollingGave £3,534 Fred Goldfinch Dec Charitable Will TrustInvitation onlyGave £25,657 The Ian Askew Charitable TrustRollingGave £127k The Elaine and Angus Lloyd Charitable TrustRollingGave £115k Chatham Maritime TrustRollingGave £60,606 The Roper Family Charitable TrustRollingGave £435k The Valentine Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £1.1M

Grants

6 published grants analysed · median £1,600

How much do they typically give?

Share of 6 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size

Under £1k17%

£1k–£2.5k83%

Median £1,600 (year to 31 March 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Sandwich in Bloom
£1,750year to 31 March 2025
Deal Music and Arts Festival
£1,600year to 31 March 2025
Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival Association
£1,600year to 31 March 2025
Sandwich Salutes the Forties
£1,600year to 31 March 2025
White Mill Sandwich
£1,600year to 31 March 2025
Dover & District Beekeepers Association
£100year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£125,731	£183,485	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£395,872	£444,215	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£229,861	£376,342	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£288,963	£360,117	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£279,452	£360,442	£8,250	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.