The Mayor of the Council of the City and County of Swansea's Appeal Fund

Analysis

The Mayor of the Council of the City and County of Swansea's Appeal Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Glamorgan. It was registered in November 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mayor of the Council of the City and County of Swansea's Appeal Fund reported income of £14k and spending of £180, leaving 99% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,695 to £14k (+421%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1759%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Mayor of the Council of the City and County of Swansea's Appeal Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helen Allison Allendale Trust (£14k), Mrs Greenwood's 1984 Charity Trust (£14k) and P E Lennard Charitable Will Trust (£14k).