KENDAL SNOWSPORTS CLUB

Registered charity 1192759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a purely voluntary organisation. The people who greet you in the lodge and take your money and set up the equipment for you are all members who have volunteered, as are the ground staff, club officers and our highly-trained team of instructors.

Objects

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN CUMBRIA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SNOWSPORTS AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ENCOURAGE WIDER PARTICIPATION IN SNOWSPORTS, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF AN ARTIFICIAL SKI SLOPE, FACILITIES, VOLUNTARY SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESS TO INSTRUCTION AND COACHING; AND(B) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND / OR OTHER ASSISTANCE, AT THE DISCRETION OF TRUSTEES, TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS TO COVER COSTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE PRECLUDE THE PUBLIC’S PARTICIPATION IN SNOWSPORTS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£210k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £48,525.00 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £862,054.46. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization is run primarily by volunteers, with only one paid staff member (a cleaner) costing £1,512.00.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £1,512.00 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“Kendal Snowsports Club is run entirely by volunteers, with the exception of the employment of a cleaner. The cost of employing the cleaner was £1512.00.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from subsidiary
“Kendal Snowsports Club received a donation from Kendal Ski Club Car Park Limited of £11250.00 in the year.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Kendal Ski Club Car Park Limited
“Kendal Ski Club Car Park Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kendal Snowsports Club.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 139
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 140
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 135
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 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: Cumbria · Lancashire · North Yorkshire · Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£210k£161k
31/03/2024£202k£142k
31/03/2023£175k£138k
31/03/2022£155k£109k

Common questions

Is KENDAL SNOWSPORTS CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £48,525.00 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £862,054.46. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The organization is run primarily by volunteers, with only one paid staff member (a cleaner) costing £1,512.00. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of KENDAL SNOWSPORTS CLUB earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £1,512.00 band.

Who funds KENDAL SNOWSPORTS CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KENDAL SNOWSPORTS CLUB as a grant recipient include Moto Foundation, BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Moto FoundationFY2025£2kCommunity grant
BOOST CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England17/08/2021£4kToyota Parasport Bi-ski for Adult Adaptive Skiers

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
MAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LIMITED1£32k
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD1£19k
HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KENDAL BRIDGE CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KENDAL SNOWSPORTS CLUB£210k£1,512.000unclear—no doubt
KENDAL BRIDGE CLUB FY2026£34k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUTTON COLDFIELD RECREATIONAL TRUST FY2025£311k—0unclear—no doubt
LAKELAND ROWING CLUB FY2025£38k—0above—no doubt
THE KOOL KIDS CLUB FY2025£226k—0above—no doubt
HENLEY ROWING CLUB FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt

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