Registered charity 1183994

Swansea Pride

What it does

Running the annual Swansea Pride Festival to celebrate and promote the LGBT community throughout the Swansea Bay region, as well as holding other events throughout the year to work with the LGBT community

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO ALL ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION IN SOCIETY AND THE ISSUES AND DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING THE LIVES OR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER (LGBTQ) PEOPLE;(2) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN PARTICULAR THROUGH CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY;(3) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY WHETHER BY EDUCATION, INTERACTION WITH SCHOOLS, PERFORMANCES OR OTHER ARTISTIC DISPLAYS;(4) PRODUCING LECTURES, MEDIA, PROMOTION OF PUBLIC EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS;(5) STAGING AND PROMOTING LGBTQ EVENTS AND IN PARTICULAR AN ANNUAL LGBTQ FESTIVAL;(6) PROMOTING AND PROVIDING RESOURCES WHERE NECESSARY FOR PROVIDING EQUALITY OF ACCESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY TO SPORTS, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS WHERE BARRIERS TO EQUAL ACCESS EXIST.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Economic and community development, and employment
Human rights, equality and diversity
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
Other charities and voluntary bodies
The general public
How it works: Provides services
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

City of Swansea
Neath Port Talbot

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £13,217 and spent £22,333.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£13,217	£22,333	Not reported	15
31 March 2024	£24,775	£35,207	Not reported	20
31 March 2023	£18,746	£7,515	Not reported	20
31 March 2022	£10,862	£9,406	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2021	£6,776	£5,003	Not reported	5

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 95%, from £6,776 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £13,217 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 169% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £5,000 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	£5,000 from 1 grant	Not reported
31 March 2024	£1,800 from 1 grant	Not reported
31 March 2023	£5,000 from 1 grant	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £4,850, awarded in 2021.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
7 Oct 2021	The National Lottery Community FundSwansea Pride - A Safe Space	£4,850

In council meetings

Council business that names this charity, from the records councils publish, gathered by OpenCouncil. Newest first.

13 June 2025, Swansea
Named in an agenda item or minute of West Glamorgan Archives Committee
Report of the County Archivist.
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22 April 2024, Swansea
Named in an agenda item or minute of Armed Forces Community Covenant Signatories Panel
Update from Panel Members.
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17 April 2023, Swansea
Named in an agenda item or minute of Armed Forces Community Covenant Signatories Panel
Fighting with Pride.
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In the Senedd and Welsh Government

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

24 June 2024
Named in a written question from Andrew RT Davies
Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice.
…y and Inclusion Grant PRIDE IN THE PORT £5,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant STONEWALL EQUALITY LTD £100,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant SWANSEA PRIDE £10,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant WOMENS EQUALITY NETWORK WALES £161,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant WITS C/O Cardiff County Council…
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24 June 2024
Named in a written question from Andrew RT Davies
Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice.
…y and Inclusion Grant PRIDE IN THE PORT £5,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant STONEWALL EQUALITY LTD £100,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant SWANSEA PRIDE £10,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant WOMENS EQUALITY NETWORK WALES £161,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant WITS C/O Cardiff County Council…
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24 June 2024
Named in a written question from Andrew RT Davies
Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice.
…y and Inclusion Grant PRIDE IN THE PORT £5,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant STONEWALL EQUALITY LTD £100,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant SWANSEA PRIDE £10,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant WOMENS EQUALITY NETWORK WALES £161,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant WITS C/O Cardiff County Council…
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24 June 2024
Named in a written question from Andrew RT Davies
Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice.
…y and Inclusion Grant PRIDE IN THE PORT £5,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant STONEWALL EQUALITY LTD £100,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant SWANSEA PRIDE £10,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant WOMENS EQUALITY NETWORK WALES £161,000.00 Equality and Inclusion Grant WITS C/O Cardiff County Council…
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27 February 2024
Named by Altaf Hussain in the Senedd
…equality, but we still have much more to do. Deputy Minister, I welcome the support you are giving to Pride events across Wales, particularly Swansea Pride. I hope to see many more events across my region and across the nation. I note the ongoing work with Plaid Cymru to end conversion practices in…
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27 February 2024
Named by Hannah Blythyn in the Senedd
…hat more communities can come together. We’ve offered support to many Pride events across the country, including Pride in the Port in Newport, Swansea Pride, North Wales Pride, Glitter Pride by Glitter Cymru, Abergavenny Pride, Hay Pride, Colwyn Bay Pride, Cowbridge Pride, and more. Rydyn ni yma hed…
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15 June 2023
Named in a written question from Laura Anne Jones
Addressed to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip.
…payments have yet been made from the fund in 2023-24 – we are finalising official offers. We have, however, issued one formal award letter to Swansea Pride for £5,000. You can read full details of the Grassroots Pride Fund here: Grassroots Pride Fund | GOV.WALES
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29 April 2023
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Dep minister for SP
Purpose: Swansea Pride 2023.
Swansea Pride 2023
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29 April 2023
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: First Minister
Purpose: Pride Abertawe / Swansea Pride.
Pride Abertawe / Swansea Pride
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7 February 2023
Named by Hannah Blythyn in the Senedd
…tion and also for his commitment as a committed ally for the LGBTQ+ community in Wales? I was proud to march alongside Mike at the most recent Swansea Pride—the first march post pandemic—and it was wonderful to see lots of young people there as well, with the younger community coming out. It's impor…
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7 February 2023
Named by Mike Hedges in the Senedd
…in Swansea from a march to a full day of events, supported by the local community and the Deputy Minister. There were previously concerns from Swansea Pride about the funding available in Swansea. Has this now been resolved? Rwy'n croesawu'r datganiad heddiw a chymorth Llywodraeth Cymru i'r gymuned…
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21 June 2022
Named by Hannah Blythyn in the Senedd
…e Cymru continues and, for the first time, we have provided funding to grass-roots Pride events across Wales. We have already given support to Swansea Pride and North Wales Pride, and discussions are under way with Pride in the Port in Newport. We are enabling more inclusive education, with Welsh Go…
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8 July 2021
Named in a written question from Rhys ab Owen
Addressed to the Minister for Social Justice.
…port. All training provided by Victim Support includes LGBTQ+ Hate Crime. LGBTQ+ organisations including GISDA, Chester Pride, Pride Cymru and Swansea Pride have signed up to Victim Support’s Hate Crime Charter. LGBTQ+ people were consulted via focus groups when developing our major ‘Hate Hurts Wale…
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29 June 2021
Named by Hannah Blythyn in the Senedd
…lling people there's a safe space for them and to belong. Because, speaking personally, I've been to Cardiff Pride, I've been to London Pride, Swansea Pride, even Doncaster Pride, but none really made me as emotional as when I took part in a Pride parade through the town where I now live, where I go…
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Trustees

4 trustees run the charity.

Dr Elliott John King MBBCHChairAppointed 17 December 2018
Alexander Bryant-EvansAppointed 16 February 2022
Arron Glyn Bevan-JohnAppointed 17 December 2018
Richard ClatworthyAppointed 17 December 2018

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 31 January 2026	Received 31 January 2026
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 22 February 2025, 22 days late	Received 22 February 2025
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 4 March 2024, 33 days late	Received 4 March 2024
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 31 January 2023	Received 31 January 2023
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 30 January 2022, 1 day early	Received 30 January 2022

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1183994
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 20 June 2019
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Jun 2019
Website: www.swanseapride.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Swansea

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
In council meetings: councils' published meeting records, gathered by OpenCouncil and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 4 November 2026.
In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£13,217

£22,333

Not reported

31 March 2024

£24,775

£35,207

Not reported

31 March 2023

£18,746

£7,515

Not reported

31 March 2022

£10,862

£9,406

Not reported

31 March 2021

£6,776

£5,003

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

£5,000 from 1 grant

Not reported

31 March 2024

£1,800 from 1 grant

Not reported

31 March 2023

£5,000 from 1 grant

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

7 Oct 2021

The National Lottery Community FundSwansea Pride - A Safe Space

£4,850

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 31 January 2026

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 22 February 2025, 22 days late

Received 22 February 2025

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 4 March 2024, 33 days late

Received 4 March 2024

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 31 January 2023

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 30 January 2022, 1 day early

Received 30 January 2022