NUNEATON & BEDWORTH LEISURE TRUST
Registered charity 1109970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To provide or assist in the provision of facilities and services for educational, recreational, sporting or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare to the public at large or to any section or sections of the public who may have need of such facilities and services by reasons of their youth, age, infirmity or disability or social and economic circumstances.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated deficit of £24,633 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a depreciation charge of £91,135 related to planned investment in assets. Per the trustees' report, the underlying operating surplus was £66,502, and unrestricted reserves increased to £703,808, which is above the stated policy target of £500,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Trading subsidiary: Leisure Avenues Limited
“NBLT’s subsidiary, Leisure Avenues Limited, manages all sales of café and vending items, together with other ancillary sales, at all of the sites.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Flint & Thompson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
LEISURE AVENUES LIMITED — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31.3.26)
LEISURE AVENUES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Debtors include £1,800 owed by group undertakings.
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.
- WHELDON, Oliver John — director, appointed 24/04/2026on trustee list
- DUNCAN, Michael, Professor — director, appointed 25/06/2025on trustee list
- ORTON, Kerry Nicola — director, appointed 14/05/2025on trustee list
- BRADBURY, Mark — director, appointed 01/10/2022on trustee list
- FAWCETT, Kay — director, appointed 03/02/2020on trustee list
- JARRATT, Neil — secretary, appointed 18/05/2022
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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£117k
Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Kay Fawcettchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- EMMA MITCHELL
- Kerry Nicola Orton
- Manpreet Kaur Campbell
- Mark Bradbury
- Oliver John Wheldon
- Professor Michael Duncan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Warwickshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NUNEATON & BEDWORTH LEISURE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated deficit of £24,633 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a depreciation charge of £91,135 related to planned investment in assets. Per the trustees' report, the underlying operating surplus was £66,502, and unrestricted reserves increased to £703,808, which is above the stated policy target of £500,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Flint & Thompson Limited.
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