Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

ASHBURTON SWIMMING POOL 

Ashburton Swimming Pool CIO run Ashburton Swimming Pool, which is an outdoor, heated swimming pool situated in Ashburton, Devon. Our aim is to ensure the pool can continue to operate so that we can provide swimming facilities to the local area and promote swimming safety.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 8 years

www.ashburtonpool.com

info@ashburtonpool.com

07841904344

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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
31/03/23£56£56£0n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£36£39£-3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£5£8£-3n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20£46£42£3n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/19£55£63£-7n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18*£111£97£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£63£38£24£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 15 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,

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
Sport England - A more sustainable pool with shelter and activities.
£75,000 06/06/2016
15
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'A more sustainable pool with shelter and activities.'. This project lists its main activity as ....more
Sport England - A more sustainable pool with shelter and activities.
£72,976 06/06/2016
18
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled A more sustainable pool with shelter and activities.. This project lists its main activity as Swimming ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2015, number: 1164272
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late,
Main office

Ashburton Swimming Pool
c/o The Town Clerks Office
The Town Hall
North Street
Ashburton
TQ13 7QQ

Objectives

1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF ASHBURTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LEISURE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF WATER SAFETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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