Swans Trust (Shaftesbury)

Analysis

Swans Trust (Shaftesbury) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shaftesbury. It was registered in August 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03321759). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Swans Trust (Shaftesbury) reported income of £62k and spending of £49k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £85k to £62k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Swans Trust (Shaftesbury) sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cumbria County History Trust (£62k), The Society for Army Historical Research (£62k) and Friends of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock (£62k).