Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust

Analysis

Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swanage. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08743407). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust reported income of £385k and spending of £271k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £338k to £385k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 498%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Counselling (North Yorkshire) Limited (£385k), Our Kids First (£386k) and Cornerhouse (Yorkshire) (£385k).