HARRY'S HYDRO APPEAL

Registered charity 1081191 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARRYS HYDRO

PROVISION OF A HYDROTHERAPY AND STIMULATION CENTRE IN FROME SOMERSET

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A HYDRO/SENSORY CENTRE, ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT, LEARNING AIDS, THERAPISTS, STAFF AND TRAINING NOT PROVIDED FOR FROM STATUTORY SOURCES AND, IN THE EVENT OF ADEQUATE FUNDS NOT BEING RAISED TO FURTHER THESE OBJECTS, TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED TO THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £3,817 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following total income of £104,054 and payments of £107,871. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory, noting that the service relies heavily on volunteers and receives no government or NHS funding. The charity operates under a leasehold arrangement with no provision made for building removal costs at the end of the lease term.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2025 (received 01/05/2026, 1 day after the 30/04/2026 due date); year ending 30/06/2024 (received 12/09/2025, 135 days after the 30/04/2025 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 15/06/2023, 46 days after the 30/04/2023 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Henry Smith Charity — “The Henry Smith Charity” (source page)
• Bonham Christie Charitable Trust — “Bonham Christie Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Frome Community Lottery — “Frome Community Lottery” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• MALCOLM WESTGATEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DIANA HALE
• DIGBY FOX
• Giles Henry Ritson Vallis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Edmund Hewish
• PAULA FOX
• Stephen John Grant Vowles

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Dorset · North Somerset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOLT AREA CARING SOCIETY.

• HOLT AREA CARING SOCIETY income £29k
• HYDE PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTRE income £766k
• SWAFFHAM AND LITCHAM HOME HOSPICE SUPPORT LIMITED income £121k
• HEALEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £26k
• OPERATION COMMUNITY HAMPER income £109k
• THE HAYES AND HARLINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £225k

Side by side with its peers

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