WOBURN LIDO

Registered charity 300084 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWIMMING POOL FUND, WOBURN SWIMMING POOL

To manage and operate the Lido and open air swimming pool known as Woburn Lido. Open all year for the benefit, health and well being of the residents of Woburn and surrounding areas with May to September Summer Season having full pool heating, and the remainder of the year for adult only Cold Water Swimming,

Objects

THE PURPOSE OF A SWIMMING POOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF WOBURN IN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF WOBURN

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£197k

Latest spending

£197k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved sound financial results for the year ended September 2025, with total receipts of £197,161 and total payments of £196,833. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £91,455 at the period end. The trustees maintain these reserves to ensure the future sustainability of the Lido, noting that major improvements are self-funded.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to ensure future stainability of the Lido with major improvements being self-funded (held: £91k)

“Reserves are maintained to ensure future stainability of the Lido with major improvements being self-funded.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Daniel Jones
Murray Guy Henning
Paul Smith

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£197k	£197k
30/09/2024	£194k	£198k
30/09/2023	£148k	£192k
30/09/2022	£130k	£85k
31/10/2021	£138k	£72k

Common questions

Is WOBURN LIDO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved sound financial results for the year ended September 2025, with total receipts of £197,161 and total payments of £196,833. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £91,455 at the period end. The trustees maintain these reserves to ensure the future sustainability of the Lido, noting that major improvements are self-funded. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	06/10/2016	£8k	Lido Restoration
Sport England	24/05/2016	£38k	Lido Restoration

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 NINESQUARE TRUST	1	£43k
THE TOWN LANDS	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WRAGBY AND DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB.

THE WRAGBY AND DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB income £193k
BECCLES LIDO LIMITED income £1.1m
WIVEYPOOL income £300k
DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED income £116k
WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST income £2.1m
Cheltenham Lido Limited income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WOBURN LIDO	£197k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WRAGBY AND DISTRICT SWIMMING CLUB FY2025	£193k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BECCLES LIDO LIMITED FY2025	£1.1m	Under £60,000	below	—	no doubt
WIVEYPOOL FY2025	£300k	—	above	—	no doubt
DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED FY2024	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOLVERTON LEISURE TRUST FY2025	£2.1m	—	above	—	no doubt

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