SWFT CHARITY

Registered charity 1056424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND

Supporting the work of South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£343k
Latest spending
£475k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £698,000 to £566,000 due to a net expenditure of £132,000 against incoming resources of £343,000. Unrestricted reserves stood at £422,000, while the trustees maintain a policy of not accumulating funds in reserves but utilising donations as soon as practically possible. The charity reports adequate cash reserves to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no specified target (reserves figure: £422k)
“Trustee has a general policy not to accumulate funds in reserves but to utilise donations in accordance with the wishes of the donor as soon as is practically possible. The Charity does not have a specified target level of revenue or reserves.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: SWFT Clinical Services Ltd and Innovate Healthcare Services Limited are subsidiaries/joint ventures of the Trust.
“SWFT Clinical Services Ltd and Innovate Healthcare Services Limited are limited companies whose shares are 100% owned by SWFT. Innovate Healthcare Services Limited is operated as a joint venture with George Eliot NHS Trust.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: SWFT Clinical Services Ltd, Innovate Healthcare Services Limited
“SWFT Clinical Services Ltd and Innovate Healthcare Services Limited are limited companies whose shares are 100% owned by SWFT.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 06/02/2025, 6 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 03/05/2023, 92 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

INNOVATE HEALTHCARE SERVICES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £26.7m
  • Profit before tax: £2.1m
SWFT CLINICAL SERVICES LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £57.8m
  • Profit before tax: £1.8m
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £30k
“During the year the company has made a charitable donations of £30k | to SWFT Charity (£20k to be used for a Place Coordinator and £10k to be used for Memory tables)”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £40.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£939k
Total spending
£403k
Cost of raising funds
£92k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~32.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£343k£475k
31/03/2024£424k£666k
31/03/2023£263k£580k
31/03/2022£392k£608k
31/03/2021£939k£403k

Common questions

Is SWFT CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £698,000 to £566,000 due to a net expenditure of £132,000 against incoming resources of £343,000. Unrestricted reserves stood at £422,000, while the trustees maintain a policy of not accumulating funds in reserves but utilising donations as soon as practically possible. The charity reports adequate cash reserves to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SWFT CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SWFT CHARITY as a grant recipient include GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EYUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SWFT CHARITY£343k—0unclear—no doubt
EYUP FY2026£745k—1below—no doubt
SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2026£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear33.1%no doubt
ISLE OF WIGHT NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
The WFH Foundation FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.