CARN BREA LEISURE CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1079101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARN BREA LEISURE CENTRE, CARN BREA RECREATION CENTRE

CBLCT provides facilities, activities and events for recreation, sport and other leisure-time occupation in the interests of social welfare, to promote good health and wellbeing and to improve the conditions of life for those who live, work, study in or visit Camborne Pool and Redruth and the surrounding geographical area.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year and maintains unrestricted reserves of £182,724. However, the trustees acknowledge challenges including volatile energy costs and an aging infrastructure requiring repair, noting that the limited unrestricted funds are a constraint despite confidence in future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trading subsidiary donation
“Carn Brea Leisure Centre (Trading) Limited, a trading subsidiary, made a gift aid donation of £50,000 (2024: £28,000) to the Trust during the year.” — page 34
“Included within debtors due within one year is an amount of £970 owed to the Trust by Carn Brea Leisure Centre (Trading) Limited (2024: £8,731 owed by the Trust to Carn Brea Leisure Centre (Trading) Limited).” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Intercompany debt
“Carn Brea Leisure Centre (Trading) Limited, a trading subsidiary, made a gift aid donation of £50,000 (2024: £28,000) to the Trust during the year.” — page 34
“Included within debtors due within one year is an amount of £970 owed to the Trust by Carn Brea Leisure Centre (Trading) Limited (2024: £8,731 owed by the Trust to Carn Brea Leisure Centre (Trading) Limited).” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Carn Brea Leisure Centre (Trading) Limited
“Carn Brea Leisure Centre Trust owns 100% of the share capital of Carn Brea Leisure Centre (Trading) Limited” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

CARN BREA LEISURE CENTRE (TRADING) LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £50k
  • A creditor balance of £970 was owed to the parent company at year end, compared to a debtor balance of £8,371 in the prior year.
“During the year, the company paid a gift aid donation of £50,000 (2024: £28,000) to Carn Brea Leisure Centre Trust, its holding company and a registered charity.”

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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
£2.5m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£35k
Reserves (reported)
£183k
Employees
72

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.5m£2.3m
31/03/2024£2.2m£2.1m
31/03/2023£1.8m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.7m
31/03/2021£942k£1.3m

Common questions

Is CARN BREA LEISURE CENTRE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year and maintains unrestricted reserves of £182,724. However, the trustees acknowledge challenges including volatile energy costs and an aging infrastructure requiring repair, noting that the limited unrestricted funds are a constraint despite confidence in future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England26/03/2026£15kLift Project
Sport England18/06/2021£39kCOVID-19 CLRF
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£10kChanging Places Toilet/Changing Facility
Sport England10/04/2017£500kSwimming Pool Expansion and Modernisation Project
Sport England08/06/2016£54kCarn Brea Clubhouse Renewal Project
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2004£5kPlayday development group.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIBBLE VALLEY SPORTS AND RECREATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARN BREA LEISURE CENTRE TRUST£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
RIBBLE VALLEY SPORTS AND RECREATION FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
CURROCK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£142kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
CATERHAM BARRACKS COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£722k—0unclear—no doubt
LEGACY LEISURE LIMITED FY2025£40.0m——unclear—no doubt
HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

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