Swaziland Charitable Trust

Analysis

Swaziland Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ottery St. Mary. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Swaziland Charitable Trust reported income of £137k and spending of £158k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £122k to £137k (+12%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Swaziland Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sylfaen Cymunedol Cyf (£136k), The Community@ne66 Charitable Trust (£137k) and Belle Vale Community Centre (£136k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.