SWANSEA UNIVERSITY

Registered charity 1138342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRIFYSGOL ABERTAWE

Latest income
£325.6m
Latest spending
£373.0m
Registered
2010

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£333.6m
Total spending
£373.0m
Cost of raising funds
£85k
Reserves (reported)
£284.2m
Employees
3,448

Reported reserves equal ~9.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£325.6m£373.0m
31/07/2024£381.6m£298.8m
31/07/2023£412.6m£348.7m
31/07/2022£340.1m£447.6m
31/07/2021£360.7m£332.9m

Common questions

Who funds SWANSEA UNIVERSITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SWANSEA UNIVERSITY as a grant recipient include THE LEVERHULME TRUST, THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP, Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOL, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY, ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTFY2025£1.1m
THE CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUPFY2022£851k
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTFY2024£847k
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTFY2023£597k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2024£508k
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYFY2024£451k
ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UKFY2025£409k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2025£402k
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYFY2022£381k
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUNDFY2024£300k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2024£286k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2025£271k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2024£271k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2025£271k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2025£271k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2023£271k
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERINGFY2025£236k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2025£216k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2025£216k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2025£216k
THE COLT FOUNDATIONFY2024£206k
Y COLEG CYMRAEG CENEDLAETHOLFY2022£136k
BRACEFY2025£103k
BRACEFY2023£93k
BRACEFY2025£66k
THE GALEN AND HILARY WESTON FOUNDATIONFY2023£61k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUSTFY2022£60k
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYFY2021£54k
EPILEPSY RESEARCH INSTITUTE UKFY2023£50k
WELLBEING OF WOMENFY2025£30k
THE MODERN HUMANITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONFY2025£28k
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYFY2023£15k
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUSTFY2022£13k
THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLEFY2025£10k
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING IN MEDICINEFY2022£10k
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£8k
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2025£8k
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2024£8k
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUSTFY2023£6k
THE FISHERIES SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLESFY2023£5k
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITEDFY2022£5k
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITEDFY2024£2k
THE FISHERIES SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLESFY2024£2k
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR LIMITEDFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/04/2023£50k"South Wales MinersÂ’ Library: Feasibility Study"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/10/2022£10k"A Swansea Story"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/01/2018£49k"Twenty-First Century reverberations; restoring unique industrial heritage in the Swansea Valley"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/07/2016£34k"Burton @ 14: Change for Burton, Port Talbot and Us"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/03/2016£58k"The Legacy of Longfields Association: Celebrating the history and impact of a pioneering disability charity"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/07/2011£48k"Community, Heritage and Swansea City Football Club: A Centenary History, 1912-2012"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/11/2007£50k"Robert Owen: Legacies That Last"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/10/2004£49k"Lest We Forget': unfurling the South Wales Coalfield Banner Collection"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/03/1996£414k"University of Wales Egypt Centre, Swansea"