Swire Chinese Language Foundation

Analysis

Swire Chinese Language Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sw1e 6aj. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10177824). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Swire Chinese Language Foundation reported income of £246k and spending of £1.8m, spending 739% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £246k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Swire Chinese Language Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Barton Pathways Ltd (£246k), Congresbury Community Preschool (£246k) and Ariel Trust Limited (£246k).

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.