Axe Valley Swimming Association

Analysis

Axe Valley Swimming Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05843714). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Axe Valley Swimming Association reported income of £560k and spending of £714k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £389k to £560k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Axe Valley Swimming Association sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The G C Gibson Charitable Trust (£560k), Crawley Town Community Foundation (£560k) and Friends of Mandritsara Trust (£560k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 11%, trading 6.9% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.4%. It employed 44 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.