THE SWAN SONG PROJECT

Registered charity 1178096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of sickness and preservation of mental and physical health among people facing end of life, bereavement by death or a person or anticipation thereof and the protection and preservation of public health, particularly but not exclusively through music.

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Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£36k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a solid financial position with net receipts of £3,310 and total cash funds of £36,348. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves of £17,467 were within their prudent policy target of 6 to 12 months of expenditure. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed in the filing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 6 and 12 months worth of expenditure (held: £17k)

“the trustees have determined that an unrestricted reserve of between 6 and 12 months worth of expenditure is prudent for the organisation” — page 6

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 — The Swan Song Project (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Tanja Marika Youngchair
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
Graeme Dawson
Lindsey King
Richard Anthony Gibson
Sue Diamond

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£40k	£36k
30/04/2024	£43k	£40k
30/04/2023	£38k	£57k
30/04/2022	£57k	£44k
30/04/2021	£40k	£37k

Common questions

Is THE SWAN SONG PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a solid financial position with net receipts of £3,310 and total cash funds of £36,348. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves of £17,467 were within their prudent policy target of 6 to 12 months of expenditure. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SWAN SONG PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SWAN SONG PROJECT as a grant recipient include Moto Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Moto Foundation	FY2021	£150	Community Grant

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	30/04/2025	£15k	Millionaire Street 2025 04w3
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/01/2024	£20k	The Swan Song Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/09/2022	£10k	The Swan Song Project - New Songwriters
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/02/2021	£10k	The Swan Song Project
UK government	02/10/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government	28/07/2020	£9k	VSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/01/2019	£10k	The Swan Song Project Leeds
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/07/2018	£5k	The Swan Song Project