Financial status:

We're pleased to tell you that thanks to your support, we've exceeded the £200,000 funding target and filled our barrel to overflowing. That is a fantastic achievement and reflects the determination to save the Swan by almost 200 contributors.

As of the start of Friday 1st March, our total is £269,717.50 – made up of:

£247,000 in shares, £210,717.50 in loans and £2,000 in a charitable donation. There are only THREE shares left now. Since the Ceremony of the Keys they have been going quickly.

As the volunteers from the site clearance weekend will testify, the pub is not in a good state. In fact, we now know that we need to spend more than we budgeted to get the pub into a basic state to open by St. George's Day. For the next few weeks contractors will be in making structural repairs and fixing the roof to make the building watertight once again.