Swan (Southern Women's Aid Network)

Analysis

Swan (Southern Women's Aid Network) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Swan (Southern Women's Aid Network) reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £289k to £1.3m (+365%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 119%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Swan (Southern Women's Aid Network) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Clement & St James Community Development Project (£1.3m), Bikur Cholim and Gemiluth Chesed Trust (£1.3m) and Rushmoor Citizens Advice Bureaux (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, trading 11% and charitable activities 2.9%. Charitable activities took 0.5% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £42k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.