ROMFORD TOWN SWIMMING CLUB

Registered charity 1125308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide swimming lessons to young people from 4+ to teach them this important life skill. Once proficient they can progress to join the competitive section of the swimming club and be involved in local, county, regional and national competitions. We also have a strong Masters group where age is no restriction. Wherever possible we endeavour to cater for swimmers with disabilities in all groups.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB SHALL BE TO PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redbridge, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the club achieved a net surplus of £15,406 for the year, with total income of £279,683 and total expenditure of £264,976. Net assets (reserves) stood at £95,829 as of 31 March 2025, described by the trustees as a 'resilient and stable position' following a return to surplus after previous deficits.

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.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 16/02/2025, 16 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 16/02/2025, 382 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGELA EGUAKHIDE
• Esther Alabi
• John Peter Braxton

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

Operates in: Essex · Havering

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GUILDFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB.

• GUILDFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB income £1.4m
• CHELMSFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB LIMITED income £322k
• SWIM NARBERTH income £251k
• KINGFISHERS SWIMMING CLUB income £125k
• WYCOMBE DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB income £1.0m
• WIRKSWORTH SWIMMING POOL income £214k

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