THE SWANNINGTON HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 515809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintenance, preservation and development of sites of industrial and environmental interest in and around the village of Swannington

Objects

A) TO PROVIDE ESTABLISH AND PRESERVE FACILITIES IN THE VILLAGE OF SWANNINGTON AND THE NEIGHBOURING AREA OF NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE FOR STUDY AND RESEARCH OF INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND OTHER MATTERS OF LOCAL HISTORIC, ECOLOGICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL INTEREST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. B) TO ACQUIRE, MAINTAIN, PRESERVE AND DEVELOP SITES OF INTEREST INCLUDING BUILDINGS, MACHINERY AND OTHER ARTIFACTS FLORA AND FAUNA IN RESPECT OF THE MATTERS SPECIFIED AND TO PURSUE THE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND STUDY OF THE SAME ANDC) TO ACQUIRE, ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP INDOOR AND OUTDOOR MUSEUMS IN RESPECT OF THE MATTERS SPECIFIED AND FOR THE DISPLAY AND EXHIBITION OF PLANT, MACHINERY, EFFECTS, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, UTENSILS, PLANS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTIFACTS OF THE SAME.

Area of benefit: VILLAGE OF SWANNINGTON

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North West Leicestershire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£150k
Latest spending
£19k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net incoming resource of £15,729, resulting in accumulated funds carried forward of £442,799. The trustees report highlights successful project completion and community support, with no explicit statements of financial risk or dependency on future funding for going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

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: 30
  • Government income: £3,350 — grants £3,350 (1); 2% of the £149,749 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £6,130 — grants £6,130 (4); 11% of the £54,369 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £5,200 — grants £5,200 (2); 36% of the £14,560 total gross income on the same return

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£150k£19k
31/03/2024£54k£44k
31/03/2023£15k£17k
31/03/2022£25k£17k
31/03/2021£16k£20k

Common questions

Is THE SWANNINGTON HERITAGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net incoming resource of £15,729, resulting in accumulated funds carried forward of £442,799. The trustees report highlights successful project completion and community support, with no explicit statements of financial risk or dependency on future funding for going concern.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/10/2012£10k"Swannington - Surrounded By Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/11/2000£1k"This group conserves and promotes sites of historical interest in the village of Swannington in Leicestershire. They would like to purchase"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/08/1999£913"This group provides conservation of sites of historical interest. The award is for video production narrator time videos illustrations and m"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/05/1998£71k"Hough Mill, Swannington - Restoration"

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 SWANAGE AND PURBECK DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SWANNINGTON HERITAGE TRUST£150k—0unclear—no doubt
SWANAGE AND PURBECK DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£385k—0within—no doubt
HARROW HERITAGE TRUST FY2025£12k—0above—no doubt
THE WADENHOE TRUST FY2025£357k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GREENSAND TRUST FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
RIVINGTON HERITAGE TRUST FY2025£298k—0unclear—no doubt

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