FRIENDS OF BUDE SEA POOL

Registered charity 1143156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Friends of Bude Sea Pool is a not-for-profit community group. We aim to preserve, improve and enhance the historic Sea Pool at Summerleaze Beach, Bude, Cornwall, as an amenity for the benefit, health and enjoyment of the community and visitors to the town. Activities include fund-raising and future management/development of the pool

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

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 total funds held were £499,011, with unrestricted reserves of £498,954. The trustees report that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's financial health were identified by the independent examiner.

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
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07630060

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — FRIENDS OF BUDE SEA POOL (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• DYSON, Belinda Mary — director, appointed 25/06/2026on trustee list
• STACEY, Esther — director, appointed 22/03/2026on trustee list
• COLLINS-POWELL, Sean — director, appointed 25/01/2025on trustee list
• CANNON, Christopher Neil — director, appointed 31/05/2023on trustee list
• MOORE, Sarah — director, appointed 01/11/2020on 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Belinda Dyson
• Christopher Neil Cannon
• Esther Stacey
• Sarah Moore
• Sean Collins-Powell

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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