DOLPHINS RECREATION CENTRE

Registered charity 274956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running the Hall and Recreation Ground

Objects

A RECREATION GROUND AND VILLAGE HALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF TETBURY AND TETBURY UPTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Area of benefit: TETBURY, TETBURY UPTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£108k

Latest spending

£95k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has no stated policy on reserves, with current balances typically covering 6 to 12 months of normal expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £13,002 for the year, driven by significant capital expenditure on a new hall development and pressure on operational income from reduced private hires.

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 4 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALEXANDER EDWARD JOHN BALL · trustee of 2 other charities
DAVID HOBSON · trustee of 2 other charities
Jamie Ponting · trustee of 2 other charities
PATRICIA BURRELL · trustee of 1 other charity
Paul Jones · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£108k	£95k
31/03/2024	£60k	£198k
31/03/2023	£340k	£298k
31/03/2022	£321k	£297k
31/03/2021	£53k	£108k

Common questions

Is DOLPHINS RECREATION CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has no stated policy on reserves, with current balances typically covering 6 to 12 months of normal expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £13,002 for the year, driven by significant capital expenditure on a new hall development and pressure on operational income from reduced private hires. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£81k
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£70

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA.

CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA income £450k
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS income £136k
RUNNYMEDE PLEASURE GROUND income £213k
DARTINGTON RECREATION ASSOCIATION income £158k
EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £229k
CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DOLPHINS RECREATION CENTRE	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CANOLFAN DEULU Y BALA FY2025	£450k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS FY2025	£136k	—	above	—	no doubt
RUNNYMEDE PLEASURE GROUND FY2025	£213k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DARTINGTON RECREATION ASSOCIATION FY2025	£158k	—	above	—	no doubt
EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£229k	—	below	—	no doubt

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