FAVERSHAM SWIMMING POOLS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE LTD

Registered charity 1169615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAVERSHAM POOLS, FAVERSHAM POOLS AND LEISURE

The provision and operation of leisure and swimming pools in Faversham and other leisure actvities.

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE SWIMMING AND LEISURE FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FAVERSHAM AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;2. THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY RELATING TO THE BENEFIT OF GOOD HEALTH AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS.

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: Swale, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus of £11,276 for the year, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit. Net assets increased to £837,266, with unrestricted funds standing at £565,623, indicating a stable financial position. The trustees confirmed there are 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 Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10157657

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Faversham Pools (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• FCC Communities Foundation — “Faversham Pools is pleased to announce the successful completion of a major energy efficiency project, made possible by a grant of £52,231 f…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROWLANDS, Joshua Samuel — director, appointed 16/04/2026on trustee list
• BISHOP, Craig Kelvin — director, appointed 11/06/2024on trustee list
• BRADSHAW, Philippa — director, appointed 11/06/2024on trustee list
• BROWN, Caroline — director, appointed 11/06/2024on trustee list
• FITZGERALD, Alexandra Anne — director, appointed 11/06/2024on trustee list
• LAMB, Alice Elizabeth — director, appointed 11/06/2024on trustee list
• PERKINS, James Michael — director, appointed 25/08/2023on trustee list
• MORIARTY, Lian Elizabeth Jane — director, appointed 01/03/2022on trustee list
• CONROY, Tobias James — director, appointed 25/10/2021on trustee list
• MARSH, Matthew William Brooker — director, appointed 27/10/2020on trustee list
• RIGGS, Denise Elizabeth — director, appointed 18/05/2020on trustee list
• CARE, Ellen — director, appointed 22/07/2019on trustee list
• ELLSMORE, Michael George — director, appointed 30/04/2016on trustee list
• GOODING, Alison Wendy — secretary, appointed 24/07/2022

Official officers record.

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (78% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Anne Fitzgerald
• Alice Elizabeth Lamb
• Caroline Brown
• Craig Kelvin Bishop
• Denise Riggs
• Ellen Care
• James Michael Perkins
• Joshua Samuel Rowlands · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lian Elizabeth Jane Moriarty
• MICHAEL ELLSMORE
• Matthew William Brooker Marsh
• Philippa Bradshaw
• Tobias Conroy

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

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

• EVERSHOLT SWIMMING POOL income £106k
• DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED income £101k
• FORMBY POOL TRUST income £2.7m
• HELMSLEY OPEN AIR SWIMMING POOL income £155k
• SHERE SWIMMING POOL CLUB income £64k
• SHERBORNE SPORTS AND LEISURE LIMITED income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.