The Gower Society

Analysis

The Gower Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swansea. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Gower Society reported income of £165k and spending of £172k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £97k to £165k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Gower Society sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Evan Cornish Foundation (£165k), Higham Hill Muslim Community Trust (£165k) and Mustard Seed (SW) (£164k).