The Swannery Trust

Analysis

The Swannery Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Swannery Trust reported income of £49k and spending of £46k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £49k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Swannery Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ceredigion Branch (£49k), German Shorthaired Pointer Trust (£50k) and John Strutt Centre for Parrot Conservation (£49k).