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The Swallows Head & Neck Cancer Support Group

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £121k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Austria, France and more
Website
www.theswallows.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£121k£122k
  • 2024£113k£151k
  • 2023£194k£206k
Earlier years
  • 2022£153k£181k
  • 2021£240k£140k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 46%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

I. TO PROVIDE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HEAD AND NECK CAN-CER THROUGHOUT THE UK AND OTHER COUNTRIES AND IN PARTICULAR TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT DEPARTMENT (ENT) OF THE BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL WHO ARE SICK CONVALESCENT OR IN ANY WAY DISABLED AND TO GENERALLY SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL. II. TO PROVIDE AWARE-NESS, SUPPORT AND EDUCATION TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT HEAD AND NECK CANCER WITHIN THE UK AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

Grants received

1 grant · £10,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002020-05-22
Board analysis

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.

6 trustees on the board

5.5y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Disability 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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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£121k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1149794
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 02 NOV 2012ADOPTED 02/11/2012 as amended on 15 May 2024
Contact on the register
01253428940 · info@theswallows.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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