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Registered charity · London

Sands

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £8.0m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Czech Republic and more
Website
www.sands.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sands Charity
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8.0m£8.4m
  • 2024£7.4m£8.1m
  • 2023£7.5m£6.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.8m£4.6m
  • 2021£6.4m£3.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEINGOF PARENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, WHEN A BABY DIES INUTERO, AT BIRTH OR SOON AFTER BIRTH, BY:-4.1.1.1 THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO THOSE SOBEREAVED AND THEIR CARERS; AND4.1.1.2 WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREPROFESSIONALS TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE PROFESSIONALPRACTICE WITH BEREAVED PARENTS; AND4.1.2 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BEST PRACTICETHAT WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE CAUSES AND REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OFTHE DEATH OF A BABY IN UTERO, AT BIRTH OR SOON AFTER BIRTH, AND TOPUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.4.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OFTHE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005.

Grants received

30 grants · £1,030,539 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 11Manufacturing 3Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 12.0 in 2021

110 from 42 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
299679
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 JAN 1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 OCT 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 SEP 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 OCT 2011NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18 OCT 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 NOV 2022 as amended on 01 Jan 2023 as amended on 06 Mar 2025
Companies House
Company number 02212082 · Active
Contact on the register
07468498204 · accounts@sands.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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