LORDSWOOD LEISURE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1099125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £1,403,783 with a net income of £51,128 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £278,648, which is above the stated policy target of £250,000, and the charity remains financially sound with adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose emoluments as defined for taxation purposes amounted to over £60,000 in the year was as follows: 31.3.25 1” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least £250,000 (held: £279k)

“The Trustees consider that free reserves of at least £250,000 are required to be maintained.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Mr S Grimwade (Operations Director and trustee): Remuneration £60,000 - £65,000. Ms R Attwood (Finance Director and trustee): Remuneration £35,000 - £40,000.

“Trustees’ remuneration is paid as a result of their employment within the charitable company or the trading subsidiary. Mr S Grimwade (Operations Director and trustee): Remuneration £60,000 - £65,000” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Medway Council is the freeholder of the property occupied by the Charity under the terms of the contractual agreement. The Trustees confirm that all transactions with Medway Council during the year were conducted at arm’s length, in the ordinary course of business, and in accordance with the Charity’s governing document and applicable regulatory requirements.

“Medway Council is the freeholder of the property occupied by the Charity under the terms of the contractual agreement. The Trustees confirm that all transactions with Medway Council during the year were conducted at arm’s length, in the ordinary course of business, and in accordance with the Charity’s governing document and applicable regulatory requirements.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Grove Leisure Environmental Limited

“The financial statements consolidate the results of the charitable company and its wholly owned subsidiary Grove Leisure Environmental Limited on a line by line basis.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by McCabe Ford Williams. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04492639
Trading subsidiary: GROVE LEISURE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED Companies House 05047392

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.

ATTWOOD, Rachel Vanessa — director, appointed 10/02/2015on trustee list
MANNERING, Simon Laurence — director, appointed 10/02/2015on trustee list
DELANEY, Anthony — director, appointed 01/03/2011on trustee list
TURCAN, Edward Phillip Alexander — director, appointed 01/03/2011on trustee list
GRIMWADE, Spencer John — director, appointed 05/06/2007on trustee list

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.

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

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£783k

Reserves (reported)

£714k

Employees

41

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (58% 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: 54.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Delaney
Edward Turcan
RODNEY WILLIAM HILLS
Rachel Vanessa Attwood
SPENCER JOHN GRIMWADE
Simon Laurence Mannering

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.4m	£1.3m
31/03/2024	£1.4m	£1.3m
31/03/2023	£1.4m	£1.2m
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£496k	£608k

Common questions

Is LORDSWOOD LEISURE CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £1,403,783 with a net income of £51,128 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £278,648, which is above the stated policy target of £250,000, and the charity remains financially sound with adequate resources to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by McCabe Ford Williams.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP.

LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £343k
WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST income £2.1m
YORK RI income £564k
LEISURE FOCUS TRUST income £1.2m
SHERBORNE SPORTS AND LEISURE LIMITED income £1.3m
BASILDON SPORT & LEISURE CLUB income £408k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LORDSWOOD LEISURE CENTRE LIMITED	£1.4m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£343k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YORK RI FY2025	£564k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEISURE FOCUS TRUST FY2025	£1.2m	more than £60,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHERBORNE SPORTS AND LEISURE LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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