SWINDON ALLOTMENTS AND LEISURE GARDENS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1138814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organising,1. monthly open meetings with speakers on gardening and the natural environment2. day trips and occasional holidays, (usually one per year), by coach to places of interest to gardeners3. an annual horticultural show4. an annual school gardens competitionPublishing 3 gardeners' newsletters a yearMaking representations to the Parish Council re allotment issues

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN HORTICULTURE AND TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND IMPROVE HORTICULTURE BY THE HOLDING OF HORTICULTURAL SHOWS COMPETITIONS, MEETINGS, LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS DEMONSTRATIONS AND RUNNING ALLOTMENT GARDENS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,160 for the year, bringing total net assets to £41,964. The trustees describe the finances as healthy, with unrestricted reserves of £36,299 carried forward. The charity relies primarily on membership subscriptions to fund its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: membership subscriptions

“We rely primarily on membership subscriptions to fund all our activities.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 8

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Avril Muirhead
CINDY EMILY MATTHEWS
DENIS WILSON MATTHEWS
JOHN EDGERTON
John Aldred
MR DON REEVE
Patrick James Hawker
Roy Alan Strange
Sandra Mulcahy
Vivien Dipper

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£34k	£32k
31/12/2024	£29k	£27k
31/12/2023	£23k	£21k
31/12/2022	£26k	£25k
31/12/2021	£34k	£33k

Common questions

Is SWINDON ALLOTMENTS AND LEISURE GARDENS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,160 for the year, bringing total net assets to £41,964. The trustees describe the finances as healthy, with unrestricted reserves of £36,299 carried forward. The charity relies primarily on membership subscriptions to fund its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/10/2019	£6k	SALGA site improvements

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£11k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FINDON VILLAGE GARDENS ASSOCIATION.

FINDON VILLAGE GARDENS ASSOCIATION income £30k
ALPINE GARDEN SOCIETY income £362k
TATTON GARDEN SOCIETY income £79k
THE GARDENS TRUST income £337k
STEVENTON ALLOTMENTS AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY income £151k
DUNTON COMMUNITY GARDEN GROUP income £26k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SWINDON ALLOTMENTS AND LEISURE GARDENS ASSOCIATION	£34k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FINDON VILLAGE GARDENS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALPINE GARDEN SOCIETY FY2025	£362k	—	within	—	no doubt
TATTON GARDEN SOCIETY FY2025	£79k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GARDENS TRUST FY2025	£337k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEVENTON ALLOTMENTS AND RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY FY2025	£151k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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