The Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon

Analysis

The Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06504318). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.3m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £3.1m (+4.9%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peter Harrison Foundation (£3.1m), Global Helping Hands (£3.1m) and Lonia Limited (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74% and investments 26%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £165k. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.6m. Reserves of £17k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.