City of Sanctuary Swindon

Analysis

City of Sanctuary Swindon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, City of Sanctuary Swindon reported income of £67k and spending of £93k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £49k to £67k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City of Sanctuary Swindon sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope City Church (£67k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of North Ormesby (£67k) and Wellspring Pentecostal Church (Welling) (£67k).