SWINDON HARDSHIP FUND

Registered charity 1190979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We make small cash grants to people living in Swindon, when needed within a few days, through trusted organisations- local partner organisations, that are engaged in supporting people struggling to meet the basic needs of living.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF SWINDON BY THE MAKING OF SMALL GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£15k
Latest spending
£9k
Registered
2020

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 7% of the £14,862 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); 12% of the £8,568 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£15k£9k
31/03/2024£9k£9k
31/03/2023£10k£6k
31/03/2022£1k£2k
31/03/2021£4k£0

Common questions

Who funds SWINDON HARDSHIP FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SWINDON HARDSHIP FUND as a grant recipient include THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k