## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1.1.24 Period start date To 31.12.24 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 2 Coach Qualification**
**A number of coaches now have Land**
**Training qualifciations.**
**Mentored several swimmers as part of**
**their Duke of Edinburgh Award**
**Seen a marked increase in the number of**
**members joining.**
**Increased expenditure on advertising and**
**social media exposure.**
**Supported and paid for additional**
**officials through the incremental training**
**pathways, with numerous successes.**
**Arranged awards ceremonies and**
**increased social events for swimmers**
**and parents.**
**Purchase of new flags and equipment for**
**galas / competitions.**
**Extended pooltime to the club training**
**calendar**
**Provided free to attend County Qualifier**
**sessions for swimmers attending LASA**
**County Age Groups**
**Numerous swimmers being selected to**
**swim as part of the elite pathway at City**
**of Leicester.**
**Successful at a recent awards ceremony**
**hosted by Swim England in recognition**
**of club staff and volunteers.**
**Operating at 2 separate venues across**
**the region to enable swimmers from**
**mixed demographic and geographic**
**backgrounds the opportunity to swim at**
**club level.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 |objectives set||| |---|---|---| |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**
**£9,800 which has almost doubled from**
**the previous year.**| |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. Fees are**
**continuously reviewed.**| |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|4 Main Street,
Thurlaston
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nicola Burdett|chair||| ||Zoe Lee|secretary||| ||Nicola Aylward|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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** 31.5.25 ## **Leicester Penguins Swimming Club** **Annual report** **For the year ended 31 December 2024** |**Leicester Penguins Swimming Club**|**Leicester Penguins Swimming Club**|**Leicester Penguins Swimming Club**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |**Income and Expenditure account**||||| |||||| |**For theyear ended 31 December 2024**||||| |||||| ||||**2024**|**2023**| |||||**£**| ||**Income**|||| |||||| |||Swim fess|43,235.00|41,013.00| |||LPSC open meet & Club Champs|16,059.75|13,407.00| |||Internal receipts for Open Meets|3,545.25|2,348.60| |||Membership|6,955.50|6,149.00| |||Other|666.00|701.00| |||Gift Aid|0.00|0.00| |||Grant & donations|135.70|266.42| ||||70,597.20|63,885.02| |||||| ||**Expenditure**|||| ||Costs ofgeneratingfunds:|||| |||Pool hire|29,433.20|27,180.00| |||Coach costs|12,384.07|11,931.88| ||||41,817.27|39,111.88| |||||| ||Membershipexpenses|||| |||Open meet costs|8,203.56|6,349.30| |||League expenses|0.00|525.50| |||Swim association fees|5,972.51|5,911.71| |||Swim equipment/club kit|557.44|1,748.39| |||Repairs and maintenance|0.00|0.00| |||Trophies|0.00|0.00| |||Travel costs|518.00|50.00| |||Website|131.99|131.99| |||Telephone|42.50|0.00| |||Trainingand courses|965.20|2,502.70| |||Advertising|92.94|488.85| |||Sundries|2,533.98|2,105.21| ||||19,018.12|19,813.65| |||||| ||**Net operating proft/(loss)**||9,761.81|4,959.49| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent ExamineWs Report Report to the tru$t•8s Leicester Peruuins Swimming Club On ac¢ounts for th• ywr •nd•d 3151 tknmb&r 2024 Charity no (if any) 1179701 Sèt out on pages t-r. I report to the truste￿ on my examinati¢)n ol the aco)unts ol Ihe above charilyllhe Trusl'l for the year eThJed R••pon•lbllltl•• and ba¥1• of r•port As the Chanty's truslees. you are responSi￿e for the prepaiatmjn of the 8ccounls in 8CCOfdance wth Ihe requirèments ol the Charities Act 2011 I"Ihe Act"). I rèport In mpect ol my examinaticffl of the Trust's a¢¢ounts e8rried out under saction 14S of the 2011 Acl and in ¢8rryng oui my examination, I have followed all the applicabl8 Di￿110n$ given by the Charity comnNsS￿ uThJer Secbon 1445Mb) of thtr Act. Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•rf• rrhe charity's gross exceeded £250.fxKJ and l am qualified lo undertake the •t4t•m•nt examination by being a quall￿d member ol linsfjrt name ol applicable Iisied bodyll. D8l&le I I ilnot applKablfj. I have com￿eted my &x8mination. I confiftn that no material matters have come lo my attention in connection 7Mth the examirtation lothw than that ¢Jisclosed below'l which giv08 me cause lo beligve Ihal in, any material ￿Spe¢l.. the accounting recortls were not kept in accordanco with sect+on 130 of the Ch8ri1188 Act.. or Ihe accounts not ￿0rd with the accounitng iecords,. or the accounis did not comply ￿th the appfi¢able requirements concerning the fomi arKI content of ￿countS set out in th8 Charities IAcc¢xJnts and Reports) Regulats'ons 2008 other than any requiremeftt thal the accounts 9ive a'lrue and lair, view which is not a mattor con*d6red as part ofan iThJependent gxarninatlon. I have no ¢oncems arKI have corne acms$ no othèr Matte￿ in Connection with th& *X8mination lo which 8ttenbon should be drawn in thi$ ￿port in order to enable a proper understsThJiThJ ofth6 ￿￿Unts to be rexh*1. ' Please doleie Ihe K¥ds in Ihg t￿￿ka1$ rfrh&y do apply. Slgn•d- Date: N¥me: Andrew Hurd Relevant professlon quallfirAtlonl•) QT l)ody (If any).. ACCA Addr•ss.' 154 Rolhley Road Mountsorrel Leictisterth"￿ LE12 7JX IER Oct 2018