WIRKSWORTH SWIMMING POOL

Registered charity 1146716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our activities include teaching children from birth to 11 to swim plus aqua fit and aqua dance sessions to people aged from 16 to 85. Pool parties are run on a regular basis. We also run aqua volley ball sessions and other activities for children during the school holidays.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECT IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC INHABITING WIRKSWORTH AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING AND OTHER WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES

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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Latest income
£214k
Latest spending
£211k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £7,556 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £240,850 to £233,294. Unrestricted reserves stood at £143,681, which the trustees state is maintained to cover between 3 and 6 months of expenditure. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that required further disclosure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Swimming classes and lessons (99% of income)
“Swimming classes and lessons 212,658”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between 3 and 6 months of the expenditure (held: £144k)
“we maintain a policy whereby the unrestricted funds, not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity, should be enough to cover between 3 and 6 months of the expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wirksworth swimming pool (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£214k£211k
31/03/2024£199k£204k
31/03/2023£180k£209k
31/03/2022£194k£183k
31/03/2021£152k£168k

Common questions

Is WIRKSWORTH SWIMMING POOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure of £7,556 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £240,850 to £233,294. Unrestricted reserves stood at £143,681, which the trustees state is maintained to cover between 3 and 6 months of expenditure. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that required further disclosure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£10kChanging rooms refit
Sport England26/02/2018£35kExtend and improve the changing and toilet facilities