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Swindon Allotments and Leisure Gardens Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1138814SwindonEnvironment and conservation
Income£34k2025-12-31
Spending£32ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause67th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2010Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Swindon Allotments and Leisure Gardens Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Swindon Allotments and Leisure Gardens Association reported income of £34k and spending of £32k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £34k to £34k (-0.3%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Swindon Allotments and Leisure Gardens Association sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Larch Farm Scout Group (£34k), Friends of Cookham Abbey (£34k) and The Saint John's Wood Society (£34k).

Income and spending

£0£8,550£17k£26k£34k2021 Income: £34,1992021 Spending: £33,13120212022 Income: £25,9772022 Spending: £24,72520222023 Income: £22,9442023 Spending: £20,64820232024 Income: £28,5332024 Spending: £26,96320242025 Income: £34,0912025 Spending: £31,9312025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Organising,1. monthly open meetings with speakers on gardening and the natural environment2. day trips and occasional holidays, (usually one per year), by coach to places of interest to gardeners3. an annual horticultural show4. an annual school gardens competitionPublishing 3 gardeners' newsletters a yearMaking representations to the Parish Council re allotment issues

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
1st Larch Farm Scout GroupNottingham£34k
Friends of Cookham AbbeyMaidenhead£34k
The Saint John's Wood SocietyLondon£34k
Cardiganshire Horticultural SocietyHerefordshire£34k