The Swimming Teachers Association Limited

Analysis

The Swimming Teachers Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in December 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01272519). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Swimming Teachers Association Limited reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.6m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Swimming Teachers Association Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include DDRC Healthcare (£2.6m), Carlisle Mencap (£2.6m) and The Eveson Trust (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and trading 6.3%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 5.1%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.