LEE GARDENS POOL COMMITTEE

Registered charity 1171621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Lee Gardens Pool Committee was set up to re-open Lee Gardens Pool, Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, RCT. The pool closed in 2013. The Committee was set up in 2015. In 2016 the pool re-opened. Lee Gardens Pool Committee carry out the day-to-day running of and fundraising for the project while Lee Gardens Volunteers carry out the general maintenance. Lee Gardens Volunteers is an intergenerational group.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PENRHIWCEIBER 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£227k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net incoming resource of £51,901 for the year, with total incoming resources of £226,883 and expenditure of £174,982. The trustees consider the current level of unrestricted free reserves to be appropriate for the charity's ongoing commitments and maintenance obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to maintain sufficient unrestricted reserves to provide working capital for the dayto-day operation of the charity and to meet anticipated administration, support and maintenance costs (reserves figure: £100k)
“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain sufficient unrestricted reserves to provide working capital for the dayto-day operation of the charity and to meet anticipated administration, support and maintenance costs.” — page 16
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Joanne Neads received a gross salary of £26,982 for work as an Activities and Training Co-ordinator.
“Joanne Neads, a trustee, during the year was paid a gross salary of £26,982 (2025 : £22,932) for working as an Activities and Training Co-ordinator for work carried out for Lee Gardens Pool Committee.” — page 25
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Joanne Neads, a trustee, during the year was paid a gross salary of £26,982 (2025 : £22,932) for working as an Activities and Training Co-ordinator for work carried out for Lee Gardens Pool Committee.
“Joanne Neads, a trustee, during the year was paid a gross salary of £26,982 (2025 : £22,932) for working as an Activities and Training Co-ordinator for work carried out for Lee Gardens Pool Committee.” — page 25
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 38
  • Government income: £53,458 — grants £53,458 (6); 24% of the £226,883 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 48
  • Government income: £168,159 — grants £168,159 (7); 56% of the £299,139 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 52
  • Government income: £42,527 — grants £42,527 (7); 31% of the £135,923 total gross income on the same return

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£227k£175k
31/03/2025£299k£171k
31/03/2024£136k£164k
31/03/2023£343k£136k
31/03/2022£402k£67k

Common questions

Is LEE GARDENS POOL COMMITTEE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net incoming resource of £51,901 for the year, with total incoming resources of £226,883 and expenditure of £174,982. The trustees consider the current level of unrestricted free reserves to be appropriate for the charity's ongoing commitments and maintenance obligations. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LEE GARDENS POOL COMMITTEE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEE GARDENS POOL COMMITTEE as a grant recipient include Alex Ferry Foundation, THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Alex Ferry FoundationFY2023£10kCommunity grants
THE ALBERT HUNT TRUSTFY2023£2kHealth and Wellbeing appeals

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/03/2025£50kWales COL- Lee Gardens Pool: Let’s Get Together
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2022£30kUKP Cost of Living - Lee Gardens Volunteers: Let's Get Together!
The National Lottery Community Fund22/03/2021£9kCOVID-19 - Caring for Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£479kLee Gardens Volunteers: Let's Get Together!
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2016£5kLee Gardens Pool
The National Lottery Community Fund23/08/2016£1kLee Gardens Pool