Cheltenham Lido Limited

Registered charity 1052203 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANDFORD LIDO LIMITED, SANDFORD PARKS LIDO

Sandford Lido Limited is incorporated to provide Sandford Lido in the interest of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life for the residents and visitors of Gloucestershire and the surrounding areas. Its activities during the period have related to the operation of Sandford Lido to enable people to enjoy Cheltenham's outdoor heated swimming pool.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF A LIDO (CURRENTLY KNOWN AS SANDFORD LIDO) IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total surplus of £701,954 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total income of £1,940,730 against total expenditure of £1,238,776. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,873,091, which exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £100,000. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources and no material uncertainties.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kingscott Dix (Cheltenham) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sandford Parks Lido (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Joneschair
• Amy Broomhall
• Andrew Holding
• Carole Billington-Wood
• Elizabeth Chadwick
• Ian Miller
• Jerry Angrave
• Joe Plews
• Lindsey Ingle
• Natasha Stonebridge
• Timothy Simon Coolican

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOBURN LIDO.

• WOBURN LIDO income £197k
• ARUNDEL AND DOWNLAND COMMUNITY LEISURE TRUST income £541k
• SALTDEAN LIDO TRUST income £2.3m
• SETTLE AREA SWIMMING POOL income £659k
• BECCLES LIDO LIMITED income £1.1m
• SWIM TORQUAY LIMITED income £481k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.