VALLEY LEISURE LIMITED

Registered charity 800760 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TEST VALLEY LEISURE LIMITED

The principal activity of the charity in the year under review was the provision and operation of recreational facilities for the public and the advancement of health for the public benefit by the promotion of rehabilitative exercise and therapy programmes in the Test Valley area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO: A) PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING, OPERATING, OR MANAGING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC; B) ADVANCE HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF REHABILIATIVE EXERCISE AND THERAPY PROGRAMMES, AND C) ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THEATRE, MUSIC, DANCE AND VISUAL ARTS.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND & WALES

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £66,354 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £444,457 from £510,811 in the prior year. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by the securing of a long-term lease and record participation levels. The charity maintains a documented reserves policy but does not disclose a specific numerical target for free reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knight Goodhead Limited. 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
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02188010
• Trading subsidiary: VALLEY HEALTH AND LEISURE LIMITED Companies House 08301000

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Valley Leisure has been awarded £19,976 from The National Lottery Community Fund's Awards for All...” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BROWN, Roy Leslie John — director, appointed 03/03/2026on trustee list
• MUNNS, Joseph Edward — director, appointed 03/03/2026on trustee list
• PREECE, Andrew David — director, appointed 03/03/2026on trustee list
• MIDDLETON, Andrew Charles — director, appointed 24/06/2025on trustee list
• SCOTT DUNCAN, Gavin Alan — director, appointed 25/02/2010not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Middleton
• Andrew Preece
• GAVIN ALAN SCOTT DUNCAN
• Joseph Munns
• Roy Brown

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Gateshead Active Ltd.

• Gateshead Active Ltd income £1.6m
• COMMUNITY LEISURE SERVICES PARTNERSHIP income £2.2m
• AFAN VALLEY COMMUNITY LEISURE income £165k
• RIBBLE VALLEY SPORTS AND RECREATION income £1.0m
• RYCROFT LEISURE income £340k
• SHERBURN HILL HUB income £145k

Side by side with its peers

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