OULTON BROAD WATER SPORTS CENTRE

Registered charity 1193626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide facilities and training for youth and adults to learn and improve their skills in a wide range of water sports. These include sailing, kayaking, paddle boarding, raft building and canoeing. We provide open sessions for the general public as well as a range of formal courses leading to qualifications. We regularly work with schools and youth groups.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUFFOLK, NORFOLK AND THE EAST ANGLIAN REGION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN WATER SPORTS AND PROVIDING TRAINING TO ENABLE THE SAFE PARTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC IN WATER SPORTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE "FACILITIES" MEANS LAND/WATERWAYS, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESS TO TUITION/INSTRUCTION.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£89k

Latest spending

£76k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net profit of £12,484 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £28,144. However, the trustees report that the organization has little cash reserves to cushion it against lack of paying customers and notes that its financial stability has been largely due to a generous level of grant funding which cannot be relied on in the future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: about 30% of the annual operating expenditure (held: £28k)

“The intention (and Policy) is to build up a reserve of about 30% of the annual operating expenditure. This would be to cover the rent for 6 months and permanent staff salaries and related costs for 6 months.”

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.

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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Oulton Broad Water Sports Centre (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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lawrence Christopher Chapmanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
BRIAN ALEXANDER · trustee of 1 other charity
Barry Ling
Benvenuto Andreas Falat
Clive Richard Purvis
Dr Alasdair James Macnab
Jenifer Barnacle
Simon Peter Nicholls

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£89k	£76k
31/03/2024	£68k	£67k
31/03/2023	£39k	£58k
31/03/2022	£73k	£31k

Common questions

Is OULTON BROAD WATER SPORTS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net profit of £12,484 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £28,144. However, the trustees report that the organization has little cash reserves to cushion it against lack of paying customers and notes that its financial stability has been largely due to a generous level of grant funding which cannot be relied on in the future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	29/04/2024	£7k	Unrestricted Funding

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	1	£75k
HOBDEN FOUNDATION	1	£40k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
FRIARSGATE TRUST	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£4k
THE ARETI CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

OTLEY SAILING CLUB income £86k
HAWLEY LAKE SAIL TRAINING CENTRE income £187k
CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE income £1.2m
SOUTH CERNEY SAILING CLUB LIMITED income £116k
CARDIGAN BAY WATERSPORTS income £64k
ROSELAND YOUTH SAILING TRUST income £68k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OULTON BROAD WATER SPORTS CENTRE	£89k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OTLEY SAILING CLUB FY2024	£86k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAWLEY LAKE SAIL TRAINING CENTRE FY2025	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH CERNEY SAILING CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARDIGAN BAY WATERSPORTS FY2025	£64k	—	unclear	—	noted

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