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WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST

Registered charity 1089400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOLVERTON AND WATLING WAY POOLS LEISURE TRUST

sport/recreation Operate 1 Swimming & Fitness Centre for local council

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,158,537, which comfortably exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of three months' running costs (£350,000). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of running costs (held: £1.2m)
“It is the Trustees intention to hold reserves equivalent to 3 months running costs of £350,000” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.0m
Reserves (reported)
£719k
Employees
66

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.0m
31/03/2024£2.1m£1.9m
31/03/2023£2.0m£1.8m
31/03/2022£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2021£953k£1.2m

Common questions

Is WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,158,537, which comfortably exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of three months' running costs (£350,000). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

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 JD FOUNDATION1£561k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£294k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES1£275k
BOLTON TOGETHER1£248k
THE NINESQUARE TRUST1£43k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WRITHLINGTON TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST£2.1m—0above—no doubt
WRITHLINGTON TRUST FY2025£6.3m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt
SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2024£289k—0unclear—no doubt
BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0below6.1%no doubt
LEISURE FOCUS TRUST FY2025£1.2mmore than £60,000—unclear—no doubt
West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt

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