The Amateur Swimming Association (Swim England) Limited

Analysis

The Amateur Swimming Association (Swim England) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough University. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10931571). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Amateur Swimming Association (Swim England) Limited reported income of £19.6m and spending of £20.7m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13.4m to £19.6m (+46%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Amateur Swimming Association (Swim England) Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Elton John AIDS Foundation (£19.5m), The Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales (£19.6m) and Kaleidoscope Project (£19.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 51%, charitable activities 19% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 63% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £8.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 222 people.