SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED

Registered charity 1128372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWCC

COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY WORKS WITH PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND OF NONE. IT SEEKS TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL, EMPOWERING AND AFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS AND EX-PRISONERS BOTH PRIOR TO DISCHARGE AND ON RELEASE, IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY SUCCESSFULLY RE-INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY, REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL AND NOT RETURN TO PRISON.

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Latest income
£221k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £48,560 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total resources expended of £172,533. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £45,718 against a stated policy target of £20,000, indicating the charity is above its minimum reserves requirement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £46k)
“The agreed minimum Operating Reserve target is currently £20,000, which is approximately 1½ months’ running costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees and key management personnel
“During the year to 31 March 2025, the charity received £3,735 (2023-24: £5,023) in donations from SWCC Trustees and key management personnel. The donors did not attach any conditions to their gifts.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SWCC (matched by registered charity number).

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Isles Of Scilly · Plymouth City · Somerset · Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£221k£173k
31/03/2024£155k£156k
31/03/2023£160k£160k
31/03/2022£145k£131k
31/03/2021£120k£115k

Common questions

Is SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £48,560 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total resources expended of £172,533. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £45,718 against a stated policy target of £20,000, indicating the charity is above its minimum reserves requirement. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, W F SOUTHALL TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION, THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATIONFY2025£12k
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2024£4kSocial Action
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£3kRehabilitation
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2026£3k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2025£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2024£136kCapacity Building
The National Lottery Community Fund03/01/2020£10kRelationships Co-ordinator

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTH WEST COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY LIMITED£221k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRISTIAN PRISON RESOURCING FY2024£145k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH WEST TYNESIDE METHODIST CIRCUIT FY2025£455k—0unclear—no doubt
CORNERSTONE CHURCH SWANSEA FY2026£344k—0above—no doubt
SOLIHULL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025£277k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WIGAN SOUTH FY2025£372k—0unclear—noted

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