Axe Valley Swimming Association

Registered charity 1123066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AXE VALLEY SWIMMING AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION

Provision and maintenance of a swimming pool for the benefit of inhabitants of Axe Valley and its neighbourhood who are in need thereof by reason of their social circumstances or youth, sickness or old age.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AXE VALLEY AND WHO ARE IN NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR YOUTH, SICKNESS OR OLD AGE.

Area of benefit: AXE VALLEY

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £153,217 for the year, with total expenditure of £713,700 exceeding income of £560,483. The trustees' report describes the pool's financial situation as being at a 'critical level' and notes that considerable funds must be raised to see the charity through 2026. Despite these challenges, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05843714

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.

• EBDON, Jonathan — director, appointed 01/11/2023on trustee list
• TURNER, June Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/05/2023on trustee list
• PARKER, Gareth — director, appointed 01/03/2023on trustee list
• JORDAN, Rachel — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
• STOKES-MUNTON, Suzanne — director, appointed 03/11/2021on trustee list
• BROOM, Jane Katherine — director, appointed 01/05/2010on trustee list
• CHURCH, Diana — director, appointed 05/05/2009on trustee list
• PARRIS, Shirley — director, appointed 15/06/2008on trustee list

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)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DIANA CHURCH
• Gareth Parker Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANE BROOM
• Jonathan Ebdon
• June Elizabeth Turner
• Rachel Jordan
• SHIRLEY PARRIS
• Suzanne Stokes-Munton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon · Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB.

• HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB income £236k
• SETTLE AREA SWIMMING POOL income £659k
• SOUTH AXHOLME COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL ASSOCIATION income £147k
• AFAN VALLEY COMMUNITY LEISURE income £165k
• TADCASTER SWIMMING POOL TRUST income £1.3m
• ABERAERON SECONDARY SCHOOL DISTRICT SWIMMING POOL AND RECREATIONAL PROJECT income £122k

Side by side with its peers

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