Sandwell Aquatics Club

Registered charity 1147581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OLDBURY SWIMMING AND TRIATHLON CLUB, OSTC, Sandwell Aquatics Swimming Club

We are a Charity that provides the area of Sandwell with learn to swim programmes and offers competitive swimming and Triathlon coacheing

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE INHABITANTS OF OLDBURY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRIATHLON EVENTS.

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£312k
Latest spending
£285k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £82,277 to £109,852, resulting in a net income of £27,575 for the year. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership fees (94% of income)
“Monthly fees 151,793”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£312k£285k
30/09/2024£224k£192k
30/09/2023£230k£196k
30/09/2022£126k£120k
30/09/2021£52k£61k

Common questions

Is Sandwell Aquatics Club financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £82,277 to £109,852, resulting in a net income of £27,575 for the year. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England23/06/2020£4kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2015£10kOldbury STC Community Open Water Swimming Development
Sport England03/08/2012£3kSWIM CAMP
Sport England26/10/2010£10kTalent Development