THE WORCESTER CITIZENS SWIMMING BATH ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1160663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOWER WICK SWIMMING POOL

THE PROVISION OF SWIMMING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND HEALTH TO THEGENERAL PUBLIC.THE PROVISION OF SWIMMING LESSONS GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY OF LEARNINGTO SWIM TO THE PUBLIC.

Objects

I) TO ACQUIRE THE UNDERTAKING AND CARRY ON THE WORK OF WORCESTER CITIZENS' SWIMMING BATH ASSOCIATION (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 523209).II) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WORCESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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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Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £138,024 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement from the previous year's £88,519. Total reserves stood at £682,130, with £349,836 in readily available unrestricted reserves, which the trustees confirmed is within their preferred policy level of three to six months of overheads. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GARY PAUL KIBBLEWHITEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALYSON JANET BROADBENT
• BARRIE CHARLES MORGAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Kendall
• MICHAEL RUSSELL HENLEY
• PETER JAMES MACLAREN
• Richard Mark Udall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Patrick Mimnagh

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SEACLOSE SWIMMING CLUB income £52k
• WATERSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £773k
• CITY OF WORCESTER GYMNASTICS income £452k
• WIGTON BATHS TRUST income £333k
• HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB income £236k
• JESMOND COMMUNITY LEISURE income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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