CHELMSFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1175386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chelmsford City Swimming Club is an ambitious, successful and friendly Club that is unusual in offering all of the major aquatic sports with the exception of Diving. We are focused on competitive success in Swimming, Masters, Water Polo and Artistic Swimming but also offer sessions providing for those who want to train for fitness rather than for competition

Objects

The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the promotion of community participation in amateur sport by the teaching, development and the practice of the art of swimming in all its disciplines, including artistic swimming, water polo and life saving for the benefit of the inhabitants of Chelmsford and its surrounding area.

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 £6,861 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income rising to £318,719. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £81,213, which is above the stated policy target of £55,000 - £65,000. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern and note that the club is operating in an increased fixed cost environment but remains financially stable.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Lowchair
• Colin Howell
• JOANNE DOUBLEDAY
• James Walker
• Lea Burns
• Ruth Ackers
• Yvonne Hood

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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• STAR DIVING CLUB GUILDFORD income £175k
• GUILDFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB income £1.4m
• CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON SWIMMING CLUB income £343k
• DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED income £116k
• DERBY EXCEL SWIMMING CLUB income £475k
• CHELMSFORD CANOE CLUB income £149k

Side by side with its peers

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