THE SWAN SANCTUARY

Registered charity 1002582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the charity are to care for sick, injured and distressed swans and other wildlife. It undertakes this work from its premises in Shepperton where it has buildings and equipment for this purpose and these are open to the public

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £1,776,145 to £1,581,162, resulting in a net outgoing resource of £194,983 for the year. The trustees note that the majority of total funds (£1,583,518) are tied up in land, buildings, and equipment, and they aim to retain reserves sufficient to operate for 12 months. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds no material investments other than dormant subsidiary shares.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Swan Sanctuary (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~69.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cayley Anne Louise West
• HOWARD Keith SMITH
• MAX GRUNDY
• MELANIE GAIL NELSON
• STEPHEN PHILIP KNIGHT

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN.

• THE ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN income £672k
• MOUSEHOLE WILD BIRD HOSPITAL AND SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £134k
• THE SWALLOW TRUST income £436k
• THE WILDLIFE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION income £2.9m
• WILD WELFARE income £283k
• THE LORD WHISKY SANCTUARY FUND income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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