CALDAY GRANGE SWIMMING POOL TRUST

Registered charity 1056069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintain Calday Grange Swimming Pool for the communal use of local clubs and organisations.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A SWIMMING POOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: DEESIDE AREA OF METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIRRAL

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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Latest income
£503k
Latest spending
£529k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a trading deficit for the year, resulting in a net decrease in total funds from £198,316 to £196,901. The trustees note that this is the first year since the trust was set up that a trading deficit has been shown, though they hope it will be reversed next year. The charity remains solvent with unrestricted reserves of £196,901 and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£528k
Total spending
£529k
Reserves (reported)
£197k
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£503k£529k
31/08/2024£508k£485k
31/08/2023£449k£419k
31/08/2022£417k£373k
31/08/2021£292k£296k

Common questions

Is CALDAY GRANGE SWIMMING POOL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a trading deficit for the year, resulting in a net decrease in total funds from £198,316 to £196,901. The trustees note that this is the first year since the trust was set up that a trading deficit has been shown, though they hope it will be reversed next year. The charity remains solvent with unrestricted reserves of £196,901 and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England22/01/2024£7kPortable swimming pool hoist
Sport England22/01/2013£42kUpgrading pool gas boilers and low energy lighting
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2008£8kDisabled Swimmers Access to Pool

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CALDAY GRANGE SWIMMING POOL TRUST£503k—0unclear—no doubt
DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED FY2024£116k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WRAGBY AND DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
SETTLE AREA SWIMMING POOL FY2026£659k—0above—no doubt
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
TADCASTER SWIMMING POOL TRUST FY2024£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt

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