THE SWANAGE PIER TRUST

Registered charity 290397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The upkeep maintenance and servicing of the Swanage Pier as a Grade 2 listed building, for the benefit of the general public, of divers and boat owners.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SWANAGE IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET, OF THE PIER WITHIN THE SAID TOWN (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE PIER) AND GENERALLY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND AMENITIES OF THE PIER FOR THE SAID TOWN.

Area of benefit: THE TOWN OF SWANAGE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £9,415 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted fund balance from £2,329,866 to £2,320,451. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted funds of £172,321 were held at year end, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of £150,000 required to maintain the pier. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Investing charity funds 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swanage Pier (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £100k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (41% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• REBECCA LOUISE MACKchair
• ALISON JANE PETTITT
• ALISON TURNER
• Caroline Finch
• GARY MAURICE SUTTLE
• HOWARD SCOTT POTTER
• KEITH ROBERTSON COOMBS
• Susan Elizabeth Adams
• WILLIAM JOHN LAW

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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