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THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON

Registered charity 1123126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of The Community Foundation are the promotion of any charitable purposes for the community in the County of Wiltshire and the Borough of Swindon and its immediate neighbourhood ("the area of benefit"), and other exclusively charitable purposes in the United Kingdom which are in the opinion of the Trustees beneficial to the community with a preference for those in the area of benefit.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £221,802 for the year, primarily driven by a £495,664 loss on the revaluation of its endowment investments. Despite this, the charity maintains sufficient liquidity with £1.25 million in cash and notes that it holds unrestricted reserves of £6 million within its expendable endowment, which can be drawn upon if necessary to meet operational requirements. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern and expect to return to its target reserves range within three years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Two employees received remuneration of between £80,000 and £90,000” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“Two employees received remuneration of between £80,000 and £90,000” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 2.8% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“for every £1 spent on raising funds in 2024/25, we received donations of £35.46”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between 1 and 2 months of operational expenditure (held: £6.0m)
“The trustees have set a standard reserves policy whereby unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Foundation, are maintained at a level which equates to between 1 and 2 months of operational expenditure.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to Doorway Wiltshire (Trustee Mark Barne is a trustee)
“Doorway Wiltshire was awarded grants totalling £25,000 (2023/24 £10,092). Mark Barne is a trustee for Doorway Wiltshire and Vice Chair of the Founda on.” — page 62
“The Filling Sta on (Swindon) was awarded grants totalling £1,210 (2023/24 £1,233). Angus Macpherson is a trustee for The Filling Sta on (Swindon) and Chair of the Founda on.” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to The Filling Station (Trustee Angus Macpherson is a trustee)
“Doorway Wiltshire was awarded grants totalling £25,000 (2023/24 £10,092). Mark Barne is a trustee for Doorway Wiltshire and Vice Chair of the Founda on.” — page 62
“The Filling Sta on (Swindon) was awarded grants totalling £1,210 (2023/24 £1,233). Angus Macpherson is a trustee for The Filling Sta on (Swindon) and Chair of the Founda on.” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to Society Without Abuse (Trustee Angus Macpherson is a trustee)
“Doorway Wiltshire was awarded grants totalling £25,000 (2023/24 £10,092). Mark Barne is a trustee for Doorway Wiltshire and Vice Chair of the Founda on.” — page 62
“The Filling Sta on (Swindon) was awarded grants totalling £1,210 (2023/24 £1,233). Angus Macpherson is a trustee for The Filling Sta on (Swindon) and Chair of the Founda on.” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Audit. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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 · instagram

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

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£67k
Reserves (reported)
£17k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.1m£3.3m
31/03/2024£2.3m£2.7m
31/03/2023£1.9m£2.7m
31/03/2022£2.2m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.9m£2.8m

Common questions

Is THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £221,802 for the year, primarily driven by a £495,664 loss on the revaluation of its endowment investments. Despite this, the charity maintains sufficient liquidity with £1.25 million in cash and notes that it holds unrestricted reserves of £6 million within its expendable endowment, which can be drawn upon if necessary to meet operational requirements. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern and expect to return to its target reserves range within three years. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON as a grant recipient include PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE GRACE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PRISM THE GIFT FUNDFY2025£70kJustice and Community Development
THE GRACE TRUSTFY2021£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation21/11/2024£3kDonor Directed grant making
Somerset Community Foundation23/10/2023£3kDonor Directed grant making
Somerset Community Foundation09/02/2023£200Christmas card partnership
Somerset Community Foundation02/12/2022£3kThe Old Mill Fund
Somerset Community Foundation21/06/2022£3kThe Old Mill Fund
Somerset Community Foundation28/09/2020£2kDonor directed grants
Somerset Community Foundation20/04/2020£1kDonor directed grant
UK government02/01/2019£19kBuilding Connections Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2018£24kWiltshire Loneliness Uncovered

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£75k
THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION1£1.2m
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST1£508k
THE PARGITER TRUST1£400k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION1£250k
DAVID LAING FOUNDATION1£141k
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST1£140k
CHK Foundation1£130k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON£3.1m£80,001 - £90,0002unclear2.8%no doubt
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024£446k—0below—no doubt
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2024£656k£60,001 - £70,0001within12.8%no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.1m£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
SUFFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£6.8m£90,000 - £99,9991within—no doubt

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