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Lawn (Swindon) Community Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 286601SwindonAmateur sport and recreation
Income£43k2025-12-31
Spending£30ksame year
Spent / received84%5-year average
Size in its cause70th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1983Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Lawn (Swindon) Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lawn (Swindon) Community Association reported income of £43k and spending of £30k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £43k (+60%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lawn (Swindon) Community Association sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shiregreen and District Community Association (£43k), 1st Cowbridge Scout Group (£43k) and The Brudenell Field (Playing Field and Village Hall) (£43k).

Income and spending

£0£11k£22k£33k£44k2021 Income: £26,7552021 Spending: £24,47520212022 Income: £28,0872022 Spending: £21,51720222023 Income: £37,7002023 Spending: £29,58220232024 Income: £43,4532024 Spending: £43,62220242025 Income: £42,9342025 Spending: £30,4162025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We promote the social welfare of all those living within our area of benefit. We manage Lawn Community Centre to further this aim. We endeavour to run it in an efficient way as cost effectively as possible. We organise social events in Lawn Community Centre and promote activities elsewhere in the neighbourhood. We support local groups when appropriate.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Shiregreen and District Community AssociationSheffield£43k
1st Cowbridge Scout GroupMid Glamorgan£43k
The Brudenell Field (Playing Field and Village Hall)Peterborough£43k
The Staynor Hall Community CentreNorth Yorkshire£43k