BIRTLEY COMMUNITY AQUATIC CENTRE

Registered charity 1205924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Birtley Community Aquatic Centre (BCAC) Charitable Incorporated Organisation was established to achieve a community asset transfer for Birtley Swimming Centre from Gateshead Council, enabling the delivery of swimming and associated activities to the community which will promote physical fitness and mental health. We plan to reopen the pool in September 2024 if we can raise the required funds

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIRTLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AT BIRTLEY COMMUNITY AQUATIC CENTRE, FOR SWIMMING AND OTHER AQUATIC ACTIVITIES CAPABLE OF PROMOTING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND FITNESS.

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net operating loss of £19,085 for the year ended 31 March 2026, a significant improvement from the £69,000 loss in the prior period. Total income reached £582,867, driven primarily by charitable activities, while total expenditure was £601,952. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £38,784, which is below its stated policy target of £141,000 (three months of operating costs), though the trustees anticipate a small surplus in the coming year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Yvonne Probertchair
• Anne Atkinson
• DEAN LESLIE Cox
• Graham John Fuery BEM
• Jacqueline Mowbray
• Matthew Paul Grant ACA
• Rebecca Louise Scott
• Susan Alexander
• Tracy Susan Green

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BEXLEY SWIMMING CLUB LIMITED income £223k
• BRIXHAM ADMIRAL SWIM COMPANY LTD income £349k
• BILLINGHAY AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY (SWIMMING) POOL ASSOCIATION income £29k
• Winchester City Swimming Club income £864k
• BRIDGEND SWIM CLUB income £123k
• HACKNEY ANACONDA income £976k

Side by side with its peers

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