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Central Church Swindon Lep

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1145817SwindonReligion
Income£113k2025-12-31
Spending£135ksame year
Spent / received120%5-year average
Size in its cause65th pctReligion
Registered2012Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Central Church Swindon Lep is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Central Church Swindon Lep reported income of £113k and spending of £135k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £62k to £113k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Central Church Swindon Lep sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crouch End Chavurah (£113k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary's Frittenden (£113k) and Friends of St Dominics (£113k).

Income and spending

£0£34k£68k£102k£136k2021 Income: £61,9272021 Spending: £136,10420212022 Income: £95,6392022 Spending: £78,45420222023 Income: £114,2342023 Spending: £101,87720232024 Income: £100,0582024 Spending: £127,97920242025 Income: £113,2042025 Spending: £135,3672025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We are a 3 denominational (Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed Church) ecumenical church worshipping as one church. We operate from The Pilgrim Centre in Swindon town centre which includes The Roundabout Cafe. All are welcome. Cafe prices are set deliberately low to reflect this. We provide help to the lonely and homeless in the form of free food, clothing, and a listening ear.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Crouch End ChavurahLondon£113k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary's FrittendenKent£113k
Friends of St DominicsHarrow£113k
Walton Baptist ChurchWalton-On-Thames£113k