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Lawrence's Roundabout Well Appeal

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1117317SwanseaPoverty relief
Income£14k2025-08-31
Spending£23ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause37th pctPoverty relief
Registered2006Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Lawrence's Roundabout Well Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lawrence's Roundabout Well Appeal reported income of £14k and spending of £23k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £33k to £14k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lawrence's Roundabout Well Appeal sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The French Kier Benevolent Trust (£14k), Festival Church Trust Limited (£14k) and Salford Families in Need Meals Project (£14k).

Income and spending

£0£9,694£19k£29k£39k2021 Income: £33,2472021 Spending: £23,69120212022 Income: £24,4472022 Spending: £16,28220222023 Income: £31,0892023 Spending: £38,77420232024 Income: £32,2162024 Spending: £30,45820242025 Income: £13,8112025 Spending: £22,6502025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provision of 'roundabout wells' in schools and villages in S.Africa. As the children play on the roundabouts they pump water up into a large holding tank. Each well can supply up to 2,000 people with clean water.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The French Kier Benevolent TrustSt Neots£14k
Festival Church Trust LimitedBlaenau Gwent£14k
Salford Families in Need Meals ProjectEccles£14k
Pachawawas - Children of the EarthHereford£14k