HENFIELD LEISURE CENTRE

Registered charity 1159054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HLC

The Charity aims to provide sports and leisure facilities for all of the inhabitants of Henfield and its local parishes.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-(1) PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION OF ALL KINDS, IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH, HENFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT, SUCH FACILITIES TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, SAVE THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SUCH SPECIAL FACILITIES, ALL SUCH FACILITIES WHETHER FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR FOR ANY, OR ALL, OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLASSES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SO AS TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(2) TO CO-OPERATE WITH AND ENTER INTO ANY ARRANGEMENT WITH EDUCATIONAL OR HEALTH AUTHORITIES UNDERTAKING THE FURTHERANCE OF THE SAME OR SIMILAR OBJECT AS DESCRIBED IN 3(1) ABOVE.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a profit of £83,417 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with unrestricted funds increasing to £314,805. Per the trustees' report, the ideal level of reserves is £150,000, meaning the actual unrestricted reserves of £314,805 are above this stated target. The charity has significant fixed assets valued at £965,323 and total net assets of £739,026, supported by loans from various funders.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Henfield Leisure Centre (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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (82% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian John Hillmanchair
• ERIC JOHN HOLDER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gary Pettifer
• Samantha Elizabeth Bloxsome
• Simon John Vickers

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HENFIELD HAVEN CIO.

• HENFIELD HAVEN CIO income £195k
• HALTWHISTLE SWIMMING & LEISURE CENTRE income £504k
• HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON income £1.1m
• HEMINGFORD PEACE MEMORIAL FIELD income £150k
• Henley on Thames Parochial Church Council income £215k
• EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £229k

Side by side with its peers

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