BASINGSTOKE BLUEFINS SWIMMING CLUB

Registered charity 1114225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLUEFINS

Basingstoke Bluefins aims to promote community participation, to enable swimmers of all ages and abilities to reach their desired potential in swimming and water polo through excellent learning, tailored squad and high performance training sessions and competition in a friendly, sociable environment improving both personal fitness and life skills for Basingstoke and the surrounding area.

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Latest income
£524k
Latest spending
£478k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the club achieved a financial surplus of £45,174 and ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £375,914, representing a strong financial position. The trustees note that this surplus is necessary to cover significantly increased pool hire and utility costs to help keep future fee increases to a minimum.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Basingstoke Bluefins Swimming Club (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£524k
Total spending
£478k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£376k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£524k£478k
31/08/2024£467k£420k
31/08/2023£455k£358k
31/08/2022£387k£254k
31/08/2021£223k£178k

Common questions

Is BASINGSTOKE BLUEFINS SWIMMING CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the club achieved a financial surplus of £45,174 and ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £375,914, representing a strong financial position. The trustees note that this surplus is necessary to cover significantly increased pool hire and utility costs to help keep future fee increases to a minimum. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England14/04/2021£0COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
Sport England27/09/2013£773Coach Training

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
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION1

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BASINGSTOKE GYMNASTICS CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BASINGSTOKE BLUEFINS SWIMMING CLUB£524k0unclearno doubt
BASINGSTOKE GYMNASTICS CLUB FY2025£1.6munclearno doubt
KINGFISHERS SWIMMING CLUB FY2025£125k0unclearno doubt
BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE COMMUNITY LEISURE TRUST FY2025£5.6m0unclearno doubt
BASINGSTOKE EAST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£213k0aboveno doubt
THE BASINGSTOKE CANAL SOCIETY FY2024£191k0unclearno doubt

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