HACKNEY ANACONDA

Registered charity 1208409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Anaconda SC, Anaconda Swim School, Anaconda Swimming Club, HACKNEY AQUATICS CLUB, Hackney Aquatics Club, London Legacy Swimming

We are an inclusive, enjoyable, community sports club, enabling hundreds of Londoners to participate in aquatics. We enable people to improve their health, acquire skills and build confidence both in and outside the water be that for fitness, friendship or to compete at various levels including local all the way up to national and beyond.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £46,858 for the period, primarily due to operational difficulties at Beacon pool which reduced income. Per the trustees' report, general reserves of £88,032 are below the stated policy target of approximately £235,000, though the trustees project future surpluses to replenish reserves.

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.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Robertschair
• Bansi Kotecha
• Edward Maurice Otto
• Jonathan Calver
• Jonathan Ian Kernkraut
• Marie-Claire Frederick
• Sandra Capelan Vazquez · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Hargreaves

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of London · Hackney · Islington · Newham · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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