SWANSEA CARERS' CENTRE

Registered charity 1108865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Swansea Carers Centre is a local charity supporting carers within the City & County of Swansea. We support all carers of those with an illness or disability, including learning disability, mental health problems, physical disability, dementia and other long term limiting illnesses. This also includes parents of children with a disability or chronic illness.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure over income of £34,670 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The Board of Trustees considers the state of the organisation’s affairs to be satisfactory for the foreseeable future and have confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: readily realisable contingency reserves, in the event of loss of income to support ongoing service delivery and meet any potential liabilities arising (held: £530k)
“The Board of Trustees regularly review the reserves policy of the charity and have agreed that the unrestricted reserves balance of £530,321 at 31.3.25 be held as readily realisable contingency reserves, in the event of loss of income to support ongoing service delivery and meet any potential liabilities arising.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Jowills Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swansea Carers Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£530k
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.0m£1.0m
31/03/2022£1.1m£939k
31/03/2021£1.0m£845k

Common questions

Is SWANSEA CARERS' CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure over income of £34,670 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The Board of Trustees considers the state of the organisation’s affairs to be satisfactory for the foreseeable future and have confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Jowills Limited.

Who funds SWANSEA CARERS' CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SWANSEA CARERS' CENTRE as a grant recipient include CARERS TRUST, SWANSEA C V S, THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND, THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CARERS TRUSTFY2024£335kNetwork Partner grant
CARERS TRUSTFY2022£197kNetwork Partner grant
CARERS TRUSTFY2023£144kNetwork Partner Grant
SWANSEA C V SFY2024£26kShared Prosperity Fund - Communities Anchor grants
SWANSEA C V SFY2025£10kShared Prosperity Fund - Communities Anchor grants
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUNDFY2022£8kCarers
SWANSEA C V SFY2022£7kThird Sector ICF Capital Grant Scheme
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kOne-off Grant
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUNDFY2025£0Young Carers

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery07/05/2025£25kMillionaire Street 2025 05w1 Year 1
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2025£398kSCC Carers Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2024£17kB.A.M.E Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2022£100kSwansea Carers Centre - Covid Recovery Volunteering Project
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2021£10kMale Carers Pilot Project
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2020£79kCovid-19 Swansea Carers Out of Hours Helpline & Counselling project
The National Lottery Community Fund26/07/2018£498kSwansea Working Family Carer Project
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2016£249kCarer Awareness Project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2016£2kCelebrating Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2016£4kSummer taster sessions at Open 'Armonies Carers' Choir
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2012£238kSwansea Carers Education and Training Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2011£282kCarers Advocacy Service
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2008£151kOur Carers Our Community
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2006£88kThere is no project name available for this record

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 THE CARERS CENTRE (BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SWANSEA CARERS' CENTRE£1.1m—0above—no doubt
THE CARERS CENTRE (BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
CARERS CENTRE SA LTD FY2025£866k—0unclear—no doubt
SWANSEA AND BRECON DIOCESAN BOARD FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FY2025£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
Carers Trust Crossroads West Wales FY2025£3.1m—0above—no doubt
CARE AND REPAIR WESTERN BAY FY2025£2.8m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt

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