01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC042133
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 0 volunteers
- Staff
- 4
- Postcode
- KY3 9UW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
2,000 children drown in Vietnam each year. That is more than 5 children every day*. The World Health Organisation calls it the “silent epidemic” and believes this figure to be conservative. Many of these lives could have been saved simply if the children had been taught how to swim. (*Vietnam Ministry of Health Statistics) - Swim Vietnam, a registered charity located in flood prone Central Vietnam. Our mission is to reduce the rates of drowning in Vietnam. Our core business is providing high quality survival swimming lessons and classroom-based water safety education to Vietnamese children, training locals as internationally accredited swimming and water safety teachers, trainers and presenters. We work closely with government authorities and other drowning prevention INGOs to bring swimming and water safety education to all parts of Vietnam.
Charitable purposes
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of public participation in sport
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(i) To provide swimming and water safety lessons, having particular regard to the needs of children up to the age of 15. and (ii) To increase knowledge of water safety issues throughout Vietnam. (iii) To provide, to people in Vietnam, certain educational services and materials which are related to the purposes described in the foregoing Objects.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £29,420 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £44,196 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 8 June 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £32,715 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £40,873 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 20 August 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £28,368 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £58,058 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 26 August 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £22,049 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £34,320 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 10 August 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £31,250 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £24,059 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 4 | 12 August 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 79B High Street, Kinghorn, Fife
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.swimvietnam.com
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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