Swaythling Neighbourhood Centre

Analysis

Swaythling Neighbourhood Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Swaythling Neighbourhood Centre reported income of £47k and spending of £50k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £47k (+162%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 138% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Swaythling Neighbourhood Centre sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund (£47k), The Whipps Cross Hospital League of Friends (£47k) and Justus (£47k).

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.