HENLEAZE SWIMMING CLUB

Registered charity 1132633 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HENLEAZE LAKE

Maintain Henleaze Lake as a suitable venue for open water swimming activities. Within the restrictions of water quality requirements for open water swimming maintain a general population of coarse fish suitable for a local fishery.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BYPROVIDING FACILITIES FOR OPEN WATER SWIMMING AND SUCH OTHER FACILITIES FOR HEALTHYEXERCISE AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.3.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF OPEN WATER SWIMMING AND OTHER FACILITIES INTHE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED AT HENLEAZE LAKE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: BRISTOL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £54,041 for the 18-month period ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £753,171 against total expenditure of £699,130. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £704,771, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £120,000, and the trustees confirmed the going concern basis remains appropriate.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~12.1 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 (97% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon David Bannisterchair
• ALAN GILES
• Andrew Lambert
• Daphne Susanna Hall
• Dr Charles Edward Booth
• Eleanore Day-Zylinski
• Ian Duncan
• Julian Pyrke
• Nicola Frances Harwin CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patric Bulmer
• Valerie Harland

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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