WYCOMBE DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB

Registered charity 1175050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYCOMBE DISTRICT SWIMMIMG CLUB

Wycombe District swimming club provides aquatic activities for fitness, competition and fun.The benefits of swimming include building up your knowledge on safety, improved health, stamina, strength and meeting new people. As with all sports the more you put into the sport, the more you will get out of it.

Objects

THE CLUB'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:2.1 PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN A HEALTHY RECREATION TO RESIDENTS OF HIGH WYCOMBE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING TEACHING, DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICE, FROM LEARN TO SWIM SKILLS TO COMPETITIVE SWIMMING, WATER POLO AND SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING IN A COST EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR ALL;2.2 PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE BY THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF SWIMMING, WATER SAFETY, AND SURVIVAL IN THE WATER; AND2.3 PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES THROUGH COMPETITIVE AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CAPABILITIES THROUGH INDIVIDUAL GOALS AND TEAM SPIRIT, CREATING MATURE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £26,979 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £1,024,942 against total costs of £997,963. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £241,777, which is above the stated policy target of £150,000. The trustees and auditors confirm the club is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richardson Jones. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10525194 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• SCHWIDERSKI, Alexandra Lea — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
• CATON, Zoe Elizabeth — director, appointed 28/11/2024on trustee list
• IVES, Suzy — director, appointed 30/11/2023on trustee list
• REED, John Richard, Dr — director, appointed 26/11/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

• Dr John Reedchair
• Alexandra Schwiderski
• Suzy Ives
• Zoe Caton

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WRAGBY AND DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB.

• THE WRAGBY AND DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB income £193k
• KINGFISHERS SWIMMING CLUB income £125k
• DERBY EXCEL SWIMMING CLUB income £475k
• WYRE FOREST SWIMMING CLUB income £148k
• ROMFORD TOWN SWIMMING CLUB income £280k
• WESTBURY PUBLIC BATHS income £162k

Side by side with its peers

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