LOVE WITHINGTON BATHS

Registered charity 1167366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LWB

We provide high quality leisure services to all members of our diverse community. These include:60-station gymSwimming pool for lessons and public swimmingSauna2 studios for high intensity and low intensity classesCommunity cafeManaged workspace and hotdesks in Withington WorksWe increase people's awareness of their local heritage through on-site interpretation and tours

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE HERITAGE OF SOUTH MANCHESTER BY THE PRESERVATION OF THE BUILDINGS KNOWN AS WITHINGTON BATHS, 30 BURTON ROAD, WITHINGTON, MANCHESTER M20 3EB ("THE BATHS") FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS OF AND VISITORS TO THE WARDS OF OLD MOAT AND WITHINGTON, AND SOUTH MANCHESTER GENERALLY ("THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES");2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SWIMMING LESSONS, TUITION AND STUDY AT THE BATHS FOR THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES;3. TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING, EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL THERAPIES AT THE BATHS FOR THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES;4. TO ADVANCE AMATEUR SPORT BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING AND OTHER SPORTS AT THE BATHS FOR THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES;5. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WITHINGTON AND OLD MOAT IN SOUTH MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND 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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £339,297 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £1,893,054. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,844,254, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of £150,000. The charity confirmed it is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by The Moffatts Partnership LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Withington Baths (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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~22.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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

• PAUL DAVID SMITHchair
• ALICE DE ARAUJO
• DAVID PAYNE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Claire Green
• Saqib Mohammed Hussain

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THIRSK AND SOWERBY SWIMMING BATHS.

• THIRSK AND SOWERBY SWIMMING BATHS income £1.4m
• BATH RECREATION LIMITED income £1.3m
• WESTBURY PUBLIC BATHS income £162k
• THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
• LEISURE FOCUS TRUST income £1.2m
• HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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