CREWKERNE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Registered charity 1062281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CREWKERNE AQUA CENTRE

Management of the Crewkerne Aqua Centre and Active Lifestyle Centre operating from Henhayes in Crewkerne, Somerset.

Objects

THE PROVISION OF A SWIMMING POOL AND OTHER ASSOCIATED LEISURE TIME FACILITIES: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3

Area of benefit: CREWKERENE AND SURROUNDNG AREA

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£785k
Latest spending
£837k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £51,308 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £562,929. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be sufficient to cover approximately 8 to 10 months of expenditure and maintain financial stability. The charity remains well placed to continue trading for more than 12 months from the date of approval.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to maintain sufficient reserves for the charity to continue to meet its ongoing commitments and to provide financial stability and the means for the development of the principal activity. The charity does not aim to hold substantial reserves. (reserves figure: £563k)
“The trustees’ policy on reserves is to maintain sufficient reserves for the charity to continue to meet its ongoing commitments and to provide financial stability and the means for the development of the principal activity. The charity does not aim to hold substantial reserves.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: K Dawson received £8,295 for services instructing in the gym studio.
“During the year the charity paid K Dawson Net £8,295 (2024: £7,497) for her services instructing in the gym studio. K Dawson is a trustee of the charity.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
“During the year the charity paid K Dawson Net £8,295 (2024: £7,497) for her services instructing in the gym studio. K Dawson is a trustee of the charity.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Accura Audit 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 28/04/2026, 87 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 02/02/2023, 2 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£785k
Total spending
£837k
Reserves (reported)
£563k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~8.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (99% 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: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£785k£837k
31/03/2024£757k£748k
31/03/2023£713k£682k
31/03/2022£646k£588k
31/03/2021£297k£477k

Common questions

Is CREWKERNE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £51,308 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £562,929. The trustees consider the current level of reserves to be sufficient to cover approximately 8 to 10 months of expenditure and maintain financial stability. The charity remains well placed to continue trading for more than 12 months from the date of approval. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Accura Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2006£10kActive Lifestyles

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BRIDGE TRUST1£170k
THE WIGHT AID FOUNDATION1£12k
ROSCA TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHERN HOLDERNESS RESOURCE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CREWKERNE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED£785k—0above—no doubt
SOUTHERN HOLDERNESS RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025£531k—0unclear—no doubt
HENLEAZE SWIMMING CLUB FY2025£753k—0unclear—no doubt
ATLANTIC RACQUET CENTRE FY2025£290k—0unclear—no doubt
WATERSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£773k—0below1.6%no doubt
RYEDALE COMMUNITY AND LEISURE CENTRE FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt

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