Swindon Lions Club (CIO)

Analysis

Swindon Lions Club (CIO) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in March 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Swindon Lions Club (CIO) reported income of £51k and spending of £51k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2025, income fell from £55k to £51k (-5.6%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Swindon Lions Club (CIO) sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Waters Foursquare Church (£51k), Eden International (£51k) and Tower of Faith Foundation (£51k).