HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON

Registered charity 1170729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide for public use a wide range of facilities for various competitive sports, personal fitness, leisure, recreational and learning activities based around its : Swimming pools, Gymnasium, Sports hall, Community/Dance studio, Cafe, Soft Play area, Library, Meeting rooms and Health Suite together with access to Ysgol Treffynnon High School Sports hall & 4G pitch.

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Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £81,981 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by total expenditure of £1,154,538 against total income of £1,072,557. The trustees' report notes that unrestricted funds stand at £447,516, although they clarify that the 'true position' is approximately £60,000 due to prior year accounting adjustments regarding deferred income. Despite the loss, the auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £50,000 (held: £448k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds, which have not been designated for a specific use, be maintained at a level of £50,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hargreaves & Woods. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£3k
Reserves (reported)
£448k
Employees
40

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Flintshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2024£973k£979k
31/03/2023£878k£919k
06/04/2022£760k£752k
06/04/2021£699k£637k

Common questions

Is HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £81,981 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by total expenditure of £1,154,538 against total income of £1,072,557. The trustees' report notes that unrestricted funds stand at £447,516, although they clarify that the 'true position' is approximately £60,000 due to prior year accounting adjustments regarding deferred income. Despite the loss, the auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hargreaves & Woods.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEISURE FOCUS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
LEISURE FOCUS TRUST FY2025£1.2mmore than £60,000—unclear—no doubt
HALTWHISTLE SWIMMING & LEISURE CENTRE FY2025£504k—0above—no doubt
RYCROFT LEISURE FY2025£340k—0unclear—no doubt
BELPER LEISURE CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—not going concern
HENFIELD LEISURE CENTRE FY2026£1.2m—0above—no doubt

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