SOUTH DORSET COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1101711 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Managing and operating the Osprey Leisure Centre at Castletown, PORTLAND, Dorset The Leisure Centre comprises a 25m indoor swimming pool, 3 squash courts, a Gym and a large multi purpose Sports Hall. All the facilities at the Osprey Leisure Centre are open to the public as well as being used by local clubs and organisations.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH DORSET BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING SPORTS.

Area of benefit: SOUTH DORSET

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £20,581 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total funds to £347,253. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted reserves are £261,740, which is below the stated policy target of building reserves to exceed 12 months of operating costs, though the current level covers 6 months of forward expenditure. The charity is dependent on uncertain funding streams including grants and trading revenues to maintain going concern status.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South Dorset Community Sports Trust Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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 · instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

• Dr PAUL JOHN MASON
• Karon Anne McFarlane
• MR TONY BEESON
• Paul Vernon Pomeroy
• Peter George Goss
• RICHARD JAMES BURGESS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• LEISURE FOCUS TRUST income £1.2m
• GREYSTOKE AND DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £113k
• DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED income £116k
• COLOMBO STREET COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE income £667k
• EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £229k
• SHERBORNE SPORTS AND LEISURE LIMITED income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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