HALTWHISTLE SWIMMING & LEISURE CENTRE

Registered charity 1168520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to provide the provision and maintenance of a recreation ground, playing field, swimming pool and leisure centre for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area and visitors without distinction of political, religious or other opinions with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HALTWHISTLE 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.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £53,571 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement on the previous year's loss of £66,506. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totaled £1,542,106 at year-end, with £150,000 designated as a reserve for income disruption or unforeseen expenditure.

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
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Mitchell
• Andrew Michael Hugman
• Councillor Alan Sharp · trustee of 6 other charities
• Helen Ruth Birkinshaw
• JUDITH LOUISE RICKERBY
• Jonathan Kenworthy
• MABEL TEASDALE
• Michael John Ridley

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HALO LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED.

• HALO LEISURE SERVICES LIMITED income £19.5m
• SETTLE AREA SWIMMING POOL income £659k
• HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON income £1.1m
• HALTWHISTLE PARTNERSHIP LTD income £169k
• ELSWICK COMMUNITY POOL AND LEISURE CENTRE CIO income £796k
• HENFIELD LEISURE CENTRE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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