THE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (SWIM ENGLAND) LIMITED

Registered charity 1175603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASA

National governing body for aquatics in England.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£19.8m

Latest spending

£20.0m

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £212,000 in 2024, driven by a 13% annual growth in expenditure outpacing 7% income growth. Despite this operational loss, the trustees report strong financial reserves of £6,734,000 in free unrestricted funds, which they consider sufficient to cover four to eight months of expenditure. The board confirms adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, preparing the accounts on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £136,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)

“Our highest paid director was paid a full-time salary of £136,000 in 2024 (2023: £147,000).” — page 39

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: four to eight months (held: £6.7m)

“the trustees have concluded that a reasonable level of cash and current investment reserves approximates the level of reserves necessary to cover expenditure for a period of between four to eight months.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Institute of Swimming Limited, Swim England Trading Limited, A.S.A. Swimming Enterprises Limited

“The Amateur Swimming Association (Swim England) Limited has three subsidiaries: Institute of Swimming Limited (company number 01759210) Swim England Trading Limited (company number 03001915) A.S.A. Swimming Enterprises Limited (company number 01636152)” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swim England (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £2.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£19.8m

Total spending

£20.0m

Reserves (reported)

£9.3m

Employees

224

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (51% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Hookwaychair
Alex Frances Cunningham
Aysha Kidwai
Carolyn Ryan
Howard Marsh
Joan Wheeler
Katie Amanda Walcott Greenwood
Keith Adrian Russell Munday
Max Jacob Sherrard
Neil Booth
Rebecca Cox
Sara Todd

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£19.8m	£20.0m
31/12/2023	£18.8m	£17.8m
31/12/2022	£19.5m	£15.6m
31/12/2021	£13.4m	£10.1m
31/12/2020	£12.4m	£12.7m

Common questions

Is THE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (SWIM ENGLAND) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £212,000 in 2024, driven by a 13% annual growth in expenditure outpacing 7% income growth. Despite this operational loss, the trustees report strong financial reserves of £6,734,000 in free unrestricted funds, which they consider sufficient to cover four to eight months of expenditure. The board confirms adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, preparing the accounts on a going concern basis. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (SWIM ENGLAND) LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £136,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	29/05/2025	£3.9m	System Partner Investment 2023-27
Sport England	28/04/2025	£150k	Safeguarding Case Review
Sport England	27/01/2025	£5.9m	System Partner Investment 2023-27
Sport England	03/11/2022	£340k	B2022 Sport Participation, Innovation and Digital Fund

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SWIM ENGLAND EAST REGION.

SWIM ENGLAND EAST REGION income £315k
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB income £236k
THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY - U.K. income £6.2m
PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £385k
THE SWIMMING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £2.6m
SOUTH AXHOLME COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL ASSOCIATION income £147k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION (SWIM ENGLAND) LIMITED	£19.8m	£136,000	—	within	—	no doubt
SWIM ENGLAND EAST REGION FY2025	£315k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB FY2025	£236k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY - U.K. FY2024	£6.2m	—	—	unclear	1.4%	no doubt
PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS FY2025	£385k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SWIMMING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£2.6m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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