Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

PORTISHEAD POOL COMMUNITY TRUST 

Open Air Swimming Pool in Portishead open to the public, heated through the summer: April until September, and for winter swimming at weekends. It is staffed, maintained and run by volunteers and paid manager & lifeguards
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 15 years

www.portisheadopenairpool.org.uk

info@portisheadopenairpool.org.uk

01275 843454

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UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
04/04/23£361£311£50n/an/an/an/an/a45
04/04/22£314£233£80n/an/an/an/an/a60
04/04/21£43£89£-46n/an/an/an/an/a40
04/04/20*£324£263£61n/an/an/an/an/a40
04/04/19£350£264£87n/an/an/an/an/a60
04/04/18£262£213£49£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/17£247£172£75£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/16£155£180£-25£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/15£234£207£27£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/14*£240£154£86£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/13£168£137£31£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/12£157£143£14£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/11£275£169£106£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/10£170£128£42£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 45 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Somerset,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Portishead Pool Community Trust
£3,690 06/01/2020
£3,000 for the provision of designated disabled changing rooms and an additional donation of £690 from the June swim event
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 03/10/2017
Replace all plant & filtration systems
Quartet Community Foundation - Shade Structure for Baby/Toddler Pool
£5,000 11/10/2016
1
To install a robust shade structure over the baby/toddler pool so that families with very young children are free to enjoy the pool

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-68
  • EMMA PUSILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Member Of Parole Board
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2009, number: 1129732
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/11/2008, number: 06748050
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR20: 106 days late, AR14: 1 days late,
Main office

Portishead Pool Community Trust
Esplanade Road
Portishead
BRISTOL
BS20 7HD

Objectives

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958, TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PORTISHEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SUCH INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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