The Sway Welfare Aid Group

Analysis

The Sway Welfare Aid Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lymington. It was registered in December 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Sway Welfare Aid Group reported income of £39k and spending of £33k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £28k to £39k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Sway Welfare Aid Group sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Skin Cancer Research Fund (£39k), The Anthony Long Charitable Trust (£39k) and Association for Yoga Studies (Ays) (£39k).