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Swindon Town FC Community Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1121820SwindonDisability
Income£1.4m2025-12-31
Spending£1.2msame year
Spent / received76%5-year average
Size in its cause94th pctDisability
Registered2007Charitable company
Employees50latest return

Analysis

Swindon Town FC Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06366200). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Swindon Town FC Community Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.2m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £990k to £1.4m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Swindon Town FC Community Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Bourne United Charities (£1.4m), The Baked Bean Charity (£1.4m) and Key Unlocking Futures Ltd (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 21%, trading 6.9% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.

Income and spending

£0£418k£835k£1.3m£1.7m2021 Income: £990,0942021 Spending: £756,63220212022 Income: £1,670,0572022 Spending: £1,011,27220222023 Income: £1,429,9862023 Spending: £1,137,78420232024 Income: £1,397,3172024 Spending: £1,210,91620242025 Income: £1,435,8582025 Spending: £1,181,2872025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 21%
  • Charitable activities 70%
  • Trading 6.9%
  • Investments 2.5%

In the charity's own words

The Charity's objects are to further and assist in education (on a social and physical basis) of children and adults within Swindon and the surrounding areas, through the use of the game of football. The Community Foundation also support a Football Development programme in Zambia.

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CharityLocationIncome
Bourne United CharitiesBourne£1.4m
The Baked Bean CharityLondon£1.4m
Key Unlocking Futures LtdLancashire£1.4m
Kef KidsLondon£1.4m