SWAN SUPPORT

Registered charity 1163624 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rescuing and treating sick and injured swans and occasionally other waterfowl in the Thames Valley area.Training emergency services,Network rail,Highways Authority and other public services in handling swans. Educating the general public about swans and their environment.

Objects

TO RESCUE AND PROVIDE TREATMENT, CARE AND REHABILITATION OF SICK AND INJURED SWANS AND CYGNETS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER SPECIES OF WATERFOWL THE TRUSTEES AGREE SHOULD BE TREATED.TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO SCHOOLS, INSTITUTIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON SWANS AND OTHER WATERFOWL. RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF POLLUTION AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON SWANS AND OTHER WATERFOWL.TO PROVIDE A TWENTY FOUR HOUR RESCUE SERVICE FOR INJURED SWANS, TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT AND CARE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN SWAN HANDLING TO POLICE, FIRE, AND RESCUE SERVICES, RSPCA, HIGHWAYS AGENCY, NETWORK RAIL AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE ORGANISATIONS.TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO CHILDREN ABOUT WATERFOWL AND THE CHALLENGES TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND HABITAT.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £2,212 for the year ended 30th September 2025, resulting in a surplus carried forward of £18,336. The trustees report that the economic landscape has deteriorated and the charity is challenged to find necessary funds to complete their facility build at Bray. Despite these challenges, the charity remains solely funded by public donations and supporting organizations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Boyett Mayes Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Afi Webber
• JOANNE DE NOBRIGA
• Pauline Thompson
• WENDY HERMON

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · Throughout London · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWAN ADVICE NETWORK.

• SWAN ADVICE NETWORK income £160k
• THE SWAN SANCTUARY income £292k
• SWAN WOMEN'S CENTRE income £286k
• THE SWAN PROJECT income £122k
• PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SUPPORT (PAWS) income £191k
• HAMPSHIRE PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE income £44k

Side by side with its peers

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