DOLPHINS RECREATION CENTRE

Registered charity 274956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running the Hall and Recreation Ground

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.

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
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	1	£31k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£17k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£700

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS.

MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS income £136k
RUNNYMEDE PLEASURE GROUND income £213k
EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £229k
CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
BATH RECREATION LIMITED income £1.3m
HAWKINS COLLIERY RECREATION GROUND AND WELFARE CENTRE income £104k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DOLPHINS RECREATION CENTRE	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS FY2025	£136k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RUNNYMEDE PLEASURE GROUND FY2025	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£229k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BATH RECREATION LIMITED FY2024	£1.3m	—	1	below	—	no doubt

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