CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON SWIMMING CLUB

Registered charity 1205019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CSSC, Otters Learn to Swim

City of Southampton Swimming Club promotes community participation in healthy recreation, primarily but not exclusively, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Southampton. We teach swimming at our Otters swimming school and provide coaching and competitive opportunities for children and young adults. We have an active Masters programme and support para-swimming.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE PROVISION OF SWIMMING TEACHING, TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITIVE SWIMMING AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus in the year and maintains a healthy balance sheet with unrestricted funds of £85,248. The trustees report that these funds are sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining at least six months' expenditure. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Edwin Joneschair
• Christopher Shimman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Jane Guillan
• Nikki Slowey

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHELMSFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB LIMITED.

• CHELMSFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB LIMITED income £322k
• GUILDFORD CITY SWIMMING CLUB income £1.4m
• KINGFISHERS SWIMMING CLUB income £125k
• LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW SWIMMING CLUB income £242k
• SWIM NARBERTH income £251k
• FAREHAM NOMADS SWIMMING CLUB income £234k

Side by side with its peers

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