The Church @ Swan Mead

Analysis

The Church @ Swan Mead is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Church @ Swan Mead reported income of £102k and spending of £88k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £93k to £102k (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Church @ Swan Mead sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sherwood Methodist Church (£101k), Swanland Education Africa Trust (£103k) and Campbell Foundation (£100k).