## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1.1.23 Period start date To 31.12.23 Period end date** ## **Charity name: LEICESTER PENGUINS SWIMMING CLUB** ## **Charity registration number: 1179701** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Promotion of community participation in**
**healthy recreation for the benefit of the**
**inhabitants of the County of**
**Leicestershire by the provision of**
**facilities for participation in swimming**
**and associated activities.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The provision of coaching, training, and**
**competitive swimming for all its**
**members.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm we have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on Public Benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Taken on and trained several new**
**coaches to Level 1 Coach Qualification**
**Mentored several swimmers as part of**
**their Duke of Edinburgh Award**
**Supported and paid for additional**
**officials through the incremental training**
**pathways, with numerous successes.**
**Arranged awards ceremonies and social**
**events for swimmers and parents.**
**Updated training equipment such as lane**
**ropes.**
**Added additional pooltime to the club**
**training calendar**
**Provided free to attend County Qualifier**
**sessions for swimmers attending LASA**
**County Age Groups**
**Seen record numbers of swimmers being**
**selected to swim as part of the elite**
**pathway at City of Leicester.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Club was running at a profit of almost**
**£5000 which was significant given the**
**deficit from the previous year due to**
**covid.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We do not hold any reserves.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The club works hard to ensure that**
**incomings outweigh our outgoings and**
**to run at a small profit to allow for**
**investment in the club. We aim to keep**
**fees fair and balanced to ensure we are**
**competitive in the market.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are selected by agreement of**
**the Committee by way of nomination and**
**then seconding and election on to the**
**committee.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Leicester Penguins Swimming Club| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1179701| |Charity’s principal address|30 COPT OAK ROAD
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nick Stubbs|chair|Jan to June|| ||Zoe Lee|secretary||| ||Nicola Burdett|Chair|June to December|| ||Mark Tippin|MembershipSec|Jan to June|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _Z Lee_ **Full name(s)** ZOE LEE **Position (eg Secretary,** SECRETARY **Chair, etc)** **Date** 30.9.24 |Leicester Penguins SwimmingClub|Leicester Penguins SwimmingClub|Leicester Penguins SwimmingClub|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| |Income and Expenditure account|||||| ||||||| |For theyear ended 31 December 2023|||||| ||||||| ||||2023||2022| ||||£||£| ||Income||||| ||||||| |||Swim fess|41,013.00||42,388| |||LPSC open meet & Club Champs|13,407.00||5,596| |||Internal receipts for Open Meets|2,348.60||1,452| |||Membership|6,149.00||5,417| |||Other|701.00||517| |||Gift Aid|0||0| |||Grant & donations|266.42||413| ||||63,885.02||55,783| ||||||| ||Expenditure||||| ||Costs ofgeneratingfunds:||||| |||Pool hire|27,180.00||28,898| |||Coach costs|11,931.88||11,397| ||||39,111.88||40,295| ||||||| ||Membershipexpenses||||| |||Open meet costs|6,349.30||12,086| |||League expenses|525.50||0| |||Swim association fees|5,911.71||4,716| |||Swim equipment/club kit|1,748.39||4,024| |||Repairs and maintenance|0.00||69| |||Trophies|0||239| |||Lifeguard costs|0||0| |||Travel costs|50.00||1,187| |||Website|131.99||186| |||Trainingand courses|2,502.70||1,186| |||Advertising|488.85||269| |||Accountancy|0||0| |||Sundries|2,105.21||929| ||||19,813.65||24,891| ||||||| ||Net operating proft/(loss)||4,959.49||-9,402| I (HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs roport on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees Leicester Penguins Swimming Club On ac¢ounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 Charity no {rf anyl 1179701 S•t out on pages I report to the Iruslees on my examination of the a¢¢ounts of the above charity I'lhe Trust") for the year ended 3111212023. R•sponsibilitios and basi$ of roport As the charity's Iruslees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wilh the requirements of Ihe Charities Acl 2011 I'lhe Act l. I repryt in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts caffted out tjnder Section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed 811 the appltcable Direction$ given by th8 Chanty Commission under Section 14515llb) of the Independ•nt oxaminerfs IThe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified lo undertake the statomont examination by being a qualffjied member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delele I l if not applicable. I have com ￿eted my examination. I confimi that no material mallers have ￿rne lo my attention in conr￿CtIOn with the examinalion lolher than that disclosed below -) which gives me eause lo believe that In. any material respect.. the accounting records were nol kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Charities Act. or the accounts dMI not accord wilh the accounling records,. or the accounls did not comply wilh the applicable requirements concerning the form and conlenl of aeeounls sel oul in the Charities (Accounts and Report51 Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and lair, view which is not a matter considered a$ part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other mallers in connection with the examination lo which atlenlion should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Hease d8let& th& wcyds in Ihe 1¥8ckets rf they do nol apply. Signed: Datg: Name: Andrew Hurd Relevant professional qualificatlonls) or body Ilf any).. ACCA Address: 154 Rolhley Road Mounlsorrel Leicestershire LE12 7JX