Swindon Hardship Fund

Analysis

Swindon Hardship Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 22 Savernake Street. It was registered in August 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Swindon Hardship Fund reported income of £15k and spending of £9,034, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,793 to £15k (+292%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 659%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Swindon Hardship Fund sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Supporting African Youth Development (£15k), Manydown Charitable Trust (£15k) and Khidmat International (£15k).