COTSWOLD LAKES TRUST

Registered charity 1120518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COTSWOLD WATER PARK TRUST, CWP SOCIETY

To provide facilities for the benefit of the public,and in particular the inhabitants of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, in the interests of social welfare for education, conservation, recreation and leisure time occupation at the Cotswold Water Park.

Objects

3. OBJECTS THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS ") ARE TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE INHABITANTS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE, FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AT THE COTSWOLD WATER PARK AND IN PARTICULAR TO:-3.1 TRY TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT, RECREATION AND NATURE CONSERVATION INTERESTS CONCURRENTLY3.2 ASSIST IN ACHIEVING POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO SUSTAIN THE CURRENT NATURE CONSERVATION VALUE OF THE PARK3.3 ASSIST IN ACHIEVING THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE PUBLIC ACCESS FOR ALL TO SITES AND FACILITIES IN THE PARK FOR RECREATION PURPOSES3.4 ASSIST IN CREATING A COHESIVE IMAGE FOR THE PARK AND PROVIDE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR THE PUBLIC GENERALLY3.5 PROMOTE THE PARK AND ITS FACILITIES AS A RESOURCE FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT OF APPROPRIATE COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION, AMENITY AND WILDLIFE3.6 CONSERVE AND IMPROVE THE LANDSCAPE BY THE INTEGRATION OF RESTORED MINERAL WORKINGS INTO A NEW LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE AND GENERAL ENHANCEMENT OF THE PARK 3.7 MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER PERSONS ON LAND MANAGEMENT AND USE IN THE PARK.3.8 ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE AND IMPLEMENT THE CREATION, CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE HABITAT, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE PARTS OF THE PARK WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE3.9 ASSIST THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PREPARE AND CARRY OUT WORKS RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SETTLEMENT PROTECTION ZONES AND SUCH OTHER AREAS AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE3.10 PURSUE QUALITY SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL REGENERATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BUSINESS, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND COMMUNITIES3.11 ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY SECTORS TO TAKE CONCERTED ACTION TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT3.12 INTERPRET AND PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE HERITAGE, LANDSCAPE AND NATURE CONSERVATION OF THE PARK3.13 ASSIST IN MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO ENABLE THEIR USE BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC3.14 ENCOURAGE SAFE USE OF WATER AREAS IN THE PARK 3.15 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC PARKS OR OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL OR RECREATIONAL NATURE, PROVIDED THAT THE PARKS OR FACILITIES ARE NOT TO BE OPERATED AT A PROFIT.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE, PARTICULARLY AT THE COTSWOLD WATER PARK.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated deficit of £89,954 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in net assets. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,634,658, which the trustees note are significantly higher than their policy target of 12 months of expenditure, although these reserves are fully represented by fixed assets that cannot be easily sold.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 — Cotswold Lakes Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~47.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (43% 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: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL MALCOLM HAZELchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher Snook
• Heidi Thompson
• James Boulding
• Jeffrey Sissons
• Judith Mary Walpole
• Michael Brian John Low
• Philippa Mary Langford
• WILLIAM MARTIN KINGSTON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COTSWOLD COUNSELLING.

• COTSWOLD COUNSELLING income £374k
• HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £151k
• WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST income £884k
• FRIENDS OF THE COTSWOLDS income £173k
• THE LAKE DISTRICT CALVERT TRUST income £2.0m
• COTSWOLD EDGE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £112k

Side by side with its peers

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