The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Swansea C V S

Registered charity 1063242 Registered since 1997

Operates: Carmarthenshire, City Of Swansea, Vale Of Glamorgan

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

6.6y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 12Other services 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.3 in 2021

60 from 46 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
95%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.scvs.org.uk
Emailscvs@scvs.org.uk
Phone01792544000
Address7/8 Walter Road, Swansea, SA1 5NF

Finances

£3,087,041 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,608,839£2,328,088
2022£2,485,896£2,419,776
2023£2,410,728£2,577,051
2024£3,262,028£3,371,978
2025£3,087,041£3,074,163

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN WALES AND IN PARTICULAR THE DESIGNATED AREA AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY SUPPORTING OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE AND PROMOTING AND ORGANISING CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE BY BRINGING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/04/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/06/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/11/2003AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/01/2016

Trustees (8)

8trustees
46median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Swansea Council for Voluntary Service · 03346236 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/04/1997

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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