St Swithin's Community Centre

Analysis

St Swithin's Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St Swithin's Community Centre reported income of £20k and spending of £24k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £37k to £20k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, St Swithin's Community Centre sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid Cheshire Community Shed CIO (£20k), Small Steps Foundation (£20k) and The Mentoring Centre (£20k).

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.