Swawou School Foundation

Analysis

Swawou School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07847447). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Swawou School Foundation reported income of £56k and spending of £39k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30k to £56k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Swawou School Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Supporting Tanzanian Orphans and Widows (Stow) (£56k), Meistad Abundant Faith (£56k) and The Jack Dollond Foundation (£55k).