The Swanage Pier Trust

Analysis

The Swanage Pier Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01848357). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Swanage Pier Trust reported income of £462k and spending of £471k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £557k to £462k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Swanage Pier Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coventry Boys and Girls Club (£462k), Cranbrook Sports Club (£463k) and Great Baddow Millennium Community Centre Trust (£459k).

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.