SWEDA Ltd

Analysis

SWEDA Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03208772). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, SWEDA Ltd reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £472k to £1.3m (+184%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, SWEDA Ltd sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uthink People Developing People (£1.3m), The Whitechapel Mission (£1.3m) and Supporting Wounded Veterans Ltd. (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 8.7% and investments 3.7%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.8%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.