BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE COMMUNITY LEISURE TRUST

Registered charity 1113491 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust manages the Basingstoke Aquadrome & Golf Centre & Tadley Pool. Facilities at Aquadrome include 2 swimming pools, lagoon with flumes, gym fitness area with 140 stations, & a health suite. Golf Centre has 9 hole par 3 course, Adventure golf course and driving range. Tadley Pool has a swimming Pool, gym and health suite.

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Latest income
£5.6m
Latest spending
£5.6m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £30,393 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £92,447. The trustees note that the operating agent, Serco Leisure, is liable for any operating deficit, which protects the trust's financial position. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and identified no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to meet obligations not covered by this agreement (held: £92k)
“The policy of the Trust is to have at all times sufficient reserves to meet obligations not covered by this agreement.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£5.6m
Total spending
£5.6m
Reserves (reported)
£92k
Employees
193

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.6m£5.6m
31/03/2024£4.8m£4.8m
31/03/2023£3.9m£3.9m
31/03/2022£3.8m£3.8m
31/03/2021£2.8m£2.9m

Common questions

Is BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE COMMUNITY LEISURE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £30,393 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £92,447. The trustees note that the operating agent, Serco Leisure, is liable for any operating deficit, which protects the trust's financial position. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and identified no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT SPORTS TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE COMMUNITY LEISURE TRUST£5.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT SPORTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£263k—0unclear—not going concern
BASINGSTOKE GYMNASTICS CLUB FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
LEISURE FOCUS TRUST FY2025£1.2mmore than £60,000—unclear—no doubt
ARUNDEL AND DOWNLAND COMMUNITY LEISURE TRUST FY2025£541k—0unclear—no doubt
WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST FY2025£2.1m—0above—no doubt

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