WIVEYPOOL

Registered charity 1196068 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Wiveliscombe Community Swimming Pool Club (WCSPC)

TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A SWIMMING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE USERS.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE A SWIMMING POOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WIVELISCOMBE AND ITS VICINITY, AND OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID USERS.

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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Latest income

£300k

Latest spending

£150k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £151,536 for the year ended 31 October 2025. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by unrestricted reserves of £257,319. These reserves significantly exceed the stated policy target of £38,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £257k)

“Our reserves target is £38,000 and at 31 October 2025 our general funds were £249,056. General reserves are unrestricted funds excluding designated funds.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: 1 trustee, Hamish McCarthy, received remuneration from the charity in the current and prior year for providing swim classes held by the charity.

“1 trustee, Hamish McCarthy, received remuneration from the charity in the current and prior year for providing swim classes held by the charity.” — page 17

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.

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Hurrychair · trustee of 1 other charity
David Holmes
Gerry Simpson
Helen Scribbins
Ian Payne
Joe Lodge
Mike Davis
Mollie Puttock-Jones
Neil Rushton · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£300k	£150k
31/10/2024	£169k	£124k
31/10/2023	£192k	£195k
31/10/2022	£0	£0

Common questions

Is WIVEYPOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £151,536 for the year ended 31 October 2025. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by unrestricted reserves of £257,319. These reserves significantly exceed the stated policy target of £38,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WIVEYPOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WIVEYPOOL as a grant recipient include THE NINESQUARE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NINESQUARE TRUST	FY2025	£43k	One-off grant

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Somerset Community Foundation	15/05/2026	£3k	Wiveliscombe Community Swimming Pool
Sport England	31/03/2026	£9k	Saving lives and Changing lives
Sport England	22/01/2025	£12k	Training and running Swim School

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 SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

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
DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED income £116k
PAULTON COMMUNITY POOL income £323k
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB income £236k
WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST income £2.1m
FRIENDS OF NEW EARSWICK SWIMMING POOL income £539k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WIVEYPOOL	£300k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WRAGBY AND DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB FY2025	£193k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED FY2024	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PAULTON COMMUNITY POOL FY2025	£323k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB FY2025	£236k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST FY2025	£2.1m	—	above	—	no doubt

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