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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.

Objects

I) 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 (II) 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.

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF WILTSHIRE AND THE BOROUGH OF SWINDON.

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

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of:
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £3.5 million, driven by a 59% rise in flow-through donations, while total expenditure rose to £3.26 million. The charity reports negative free reserves of £(37,661) against a policy target of 1-2 months of operational expenditure, a position the trustees consider comfortable for the short term. The foundation remains a going concern with sufficient cash and liquid investments to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“Two employees received remuneration of between £80,000 and £90,000 (2023/24 two employees received between £80,000 and £90,000).” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between 1 and 2 months of operational expenditure (reserves figure: £17k)
“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: Donations from trustees
“Dona ons totalling £5,713 were received from trustees during 2024/25 (2023/24: £5,410).” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Auditor tender planned
“A resolu on proposing that we will go to tender this year for the appointment of auditors of the charity will be put to the Annual General Mee ng.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer 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

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£80,001–£90,000: 2)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 47
  • Government income: £726,940 — grants £726,940 (5); 31% of the £2,334,727 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£80,001–£90,000: 2)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 43
  • Government income: £370,001 — grants £370,001 (4); 19% of the £1,948,468 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£70,001–£80,000: 2)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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.

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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 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

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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 total income increased to £3.5 million, driven by a 59% rise in flow-through donations, while total expenditure rose to £3.26 million. The charity reports negative free reserves of £(37,661) against a policy target of 1-2 months of operational expenditure, a position the trustees consider comfortable for the short term. The foundation remains a going concern with sufficient cash and liquid investments to meet liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit.

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 FOYLE FOUNDATION1£200k
CHK Foundation1£140k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION1£107k
THE CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS FOUNDATION1£105k
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION1£100k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£60k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST1£47k
THE LITTLE ORCHARD CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON£3.1m—2unclear—no doubt
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£583k—0within—no doubt
Swindon Town FC Community Foundation FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN WALES FY2026£3.2m——above—no doubt

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