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South West Wales Family and Friends of Prisoners

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1054204SwanseaChildren and youth development
Income£42k2025-03-31
Spending£42ksame year
Spent / received87%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctChildren and youth development
Registered1996Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

South West Wales Family and Friends of Prisoners is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South West Wales Family and Friends of Prisoners reported income of £42k and spending of £42k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £38k to £42k (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, South West Wales Family and Friends of Prisoners sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chew Stoke Out of School Club (£42k), The Cambridge Sawston Rotary Trust (£42k) and Babington House School Friends' Association (£41k).

Income and spending

£0£14k£28k£41k£55k2021 Income: £37,8002021 Spending: £17,99220212022 Income: £37,9292022 Spending: £28,93920222023 Income: £43,9562023 Spending: £43,95620232024 Income: £55,2112024 Spending: £55,21120242025 Income: £41,5602025 Spending: £41,5602025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Family and friends of prisoners (FFOPS) Volunteers promote the just treatment of families of prisoners by the prison system and society by giving advice and information and developing services for the families of prisoners, voicing the concerns of families, offering initial information and a referral service to the families of prisoners.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Chew Stoke Out of School ClubBristol£42k
The Cambridge Sawston Rotary TrustCambridge£42k
Babington House School Friends' AssociationChislehurst£41k
Friends of Atwood PrimarySouth Croydon£42k