Educational and Cultural Centre, Swindon CIO

Analysis

Educational and Cultural Centre, Swindon CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Educational and Cultural Centre, Swindon CIO reported income of £169k and spending of £121k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £29k to £169k (+490%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Educational and Cultural Centre, Swindon CIO sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust (£169k), The Wayz (£169k) and Riccall Regen 2000 (£169k).