DISCOVERSVS

Registered charity 256146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DISCOVERY, DISCOVERY - STUDENT VOLUNTEERING SWANSEA, SWANSEA STUDENT COMMUNITY ACTION, SWANSEA VOLUNTEER SERVICE

Discovery SVS aims to;Challenging discriminationEnriching the lives of disadvantaged peopleSupporting disabled people in Swansea (and now Siavonga too!)

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

Latest income
£235k
Latest spending
£229k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,558 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total net assets of £208,211. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds were £196,814, which is noted as being below the target level by £7,130. The charity is reliant on grant funding but maintains cash reserves to cover ongoing running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (96% of income)
“Our main source of funding are grants. This year we received £225,697 (2024 - £248,028).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £197k; policy: one year’s running costs, approximately £153,944... and a further designated reserve of £50,000)
“At the end of the financial year ended 31 July 2025 unrestricted funds were £196,814, representing that reserves were below the target level by £7,130.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Swansea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£235k£229k
31/07/2024£275k£218k
31/07/2023£204k£204k
31/07/2022£185k£181k
31/07/2021£173k£172k

Common questions

Is DISCOVERSVS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,558 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total net assets of £208,211. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds were £196,814, which is noted as being below the target level by £7,130. The charity is reliant on grant funding but maintains cash reserves to cover ongoing running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DISCOVERSVS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DISCOVERSVS as a grant recipient include SWANSEA C V S, THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION, NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST, THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SWANSEA C V SFY2024£30kShared Prosperity Fund - Communities Anchor grants
SWANSEA C V SFY2025£28kShared Prosperity Fund - Communities Anchor grants
SWANSEA C V SFY2023£8kABMU Change 4 the Better grants
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2026£1k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£833
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£833Recurring Grant
SWANSEA C V SFY2022£0ABMU Change 4 the Better grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/09/2025£14k"Discovery Student Volunteering Swansea 60th Anniversary"
The National Lottery Community Fund08/10/2024£19kBuilding Blocks
Somerset Community Foundation28/06/2024£436kDeveloping a supported employment service for adults with learning disabilities in Somerset
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£15kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery27/09/2022£21kSupported Volunteering
The National Lottery Community Fund09/08/2018£9kDiscovery SVS
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2016£5kDiscovery Student Volunteering Swansea 50th anniversary
The National Lottery Community Fund24/11/2010£250kSwansea City of Sanctuary
The National Lottery Community Fund21/02/2006£4kWorkshops and community challenges
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2004£3kUnspecified
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/03/2000£5k"A project to provide an event featuring various mediums; workshops performances art music and photography to provide information on black pe"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUNDERLAND VOLUNTARY SECTOR ALLIANCE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DISCOVERSVS£235k—0below—no doubt
SUNDERLAND VOLUNTARY SECTOR ALLIANCE FY2025£372k—0above—no doubt
SWANSEA C V S FY2025£3.1m—0below—no doubt
SWALE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES FY2025£513k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTRE EAST LONDON FY2025£3.1m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
THE DISCOVERY SAILING PROJECT FY2025£135k—0unclear—noted

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