BOLLINGTON HEALTH & LEISURE

Registered charity 1151326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOLLINGTON LEISURE CENTRE

Provides facilities, teaching and recreation for swimming, squash, fitness and other sporting, health, leisure and social activities for the benefit of the residents of Bollington and the surrounding area.

Objects

TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING, SQUASH, FITNESS AND OTHER SPORTING, HEALTH, LEISURE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (TOGETHER WITH ALL INCIDENTAL OFFICES, OUTBUILDINGS, OPEN AREAS AND ACCESS THERETO) AS PROVISION FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 5 OF THE CHARITIES ACT, 2011 AND FOR THE PROVISION OF SUCH OTHER FACILITIES AND SERVICES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SAID ACT AS THE CHARITY MAY IN ITS DISCRETION HEREAFTER DETERMINE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF BOLLINGTON AND THE 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 generated a net surplus of £67,258 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total incoming resources of £934,196 against expenditure of £866,938. Free reserves stood at £402,289, which the Trustees note equates to four months of turnover, meeting their policy target of three to four months. The auditors 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 Harts Limited. 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
• 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/11/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEPHEN WILLIAM SPINKSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Philipp Gruenbeck
• Helen Bassirat
• JOHN DAVID KING
• Katherine West
• PETER DAVID TUNWELL
• Peter Drabble
• RICHARD ANTHONY MASON
• Steven Lee Hurst

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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