Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

BARBARIAN SWIMMERS

To teach children from the age of 5yrs - 16yrs to swim, dive, lifesave and survival. At the age of sixteen we train them to become basic swim teachers. We are all volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£18£14£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£19£18£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£9£14£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£5£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£20£24£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£22£16£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£21£23£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16*£21£21£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15*£22£29£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14*£22£22£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£25£20£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£20£20£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£19£20£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£22£19£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£18£21£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£18£20£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£28£19£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.barbarian-swimmers.org.uk

CHAIRMAN@BARBARIAN-SWIMMERS.ORG.UK

01424539728

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Barbarian Swimmers Teacher Training Project
£8,200 18/12/2023
8
This project will allow Barbarian Swimmers to put 30 individuals through various swimming teaching qualifications.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • KEELEY MARINA WOLFE Appointed: 2011
  • KEVIN ALEX CRISP (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • LEE ADAM CORNELIUS
  • LINDA KATHLEEN BARNES Appointed: 2012
  • RACHEL ELAINE RUSSELL Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/12/2006, number: 1117320
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR18: 338 days late, AR16: 197 days late, AR15: 500 days late, AR14: 865 days late,
Main office

25 Lyndhurst Avenue
HASTINGS
TN34 2BD

Objectives

(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING IN EAST SUSSEX.(2) THE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE BY TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF SWIMMING, DIVING, WATER SAFETY, FIFE SAVING, RESUSCITATION AND/OR SURVIVAL IN THE WATER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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