GUILDFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB

Registered charity 1148907 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a Club we serve a membership of approximately 700 , which includes all abilities of swimmer ranging in age from 4 to 80years. We offer a Learn to Swim Academy, competitive swimming for all ages , as well as swimming for fitness, and disability swimming. We have extensive outreach activity with local schools to encourage swimming activity.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GUILDFORD AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA,AND GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING ; AND THE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE BY THE TEACHING OF SWIMMING,WATER SAFETY, LIFESAVING AND SURVIVAL IN WATER

Area of benefit: GUILDFORD AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA

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 · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £16,460 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £127,925. The trustees' report indicates that the charity aims to increase reserves until reaching a target of £250,000, which is set to cover short-term commitments should income cease. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Accounts audited by Hughes Waddell. Discloses 6 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
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07667762

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.

• SWAIN, Joan Muriel — director, appointed 22/12/2025not on trustee list
• GAYLE, Marvin Junior — director, appointed 07/03/2024on trustee list
• VICTOR, Christina Rita, Prof — director, appointed 19/06/2014not on 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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joan Muriel Swain FCCA
• Marvin Gayle
• PROFESSOR CHRISTINA RITA VICTOR ACSS

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

• ROMFORD TOWN SWIMMING CLUB income £280k
• STAR DIVING CLUB GUILDFORD income £175k
• CHELMSFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB LIMITED income £322k
• LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW SWIMMING CLUB income £242k
• FAREHAM NOMADS SWIMMING CLUB income £234k
• CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON SWIMMING CLUB income £343k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.