**FRIENDS OF CHURCH STRETTON SWIMMING POOL - STRETTON POOL ACTION (SPA)** _Registered Charity Number 1195071_ 

## **Trustees Annual Report Financial Year ended 31[st] December 2022** 

Stretton Pool Action (SPA) was formed in 2016, as a group of concerned users of Church Stretton Swimming Pool and local residents to lobby Shropshire Council for the retention of the pool in response to their proposed Indoor Leisure Facilities Strategy, 2018 -2023.  The group used the Charities Commission’s standard Charitable Incorporated Organisation constitution which was adopted at a meeting on 1[st] December 2016. 

The SPA Steering Group applied for, and was successful in becoming a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Friends of Church Stretton Swimming Pool - Stretton Pool Action (SPA) in July 2021. 

All current and future assets and liabilities were transferred to the new Charity. The new name and Charity number was adopted. A new constitution, again the Charities Commission’s standard Charitable Incorporated Organisation constitution was also adopted. 

The trustees manage the day to day running of the Charity and are appointed or reappointed at the Annual General Meeting held each February or March. Members are advised at General Meetings that new Trustees are always welcomed. On occasion individual members are approached. The Trustees during the year to 31[st] December 2022 were as follows: 

David Betton (Chair) Chris Ball (Secretary) Angie Walshaw (Treasurer) Terry Davies Denise Cottom Ann Spandrzyk 

The charity’s correspondence address is Stretton Pool Action, c/o Leisure Centre, Shrewsbury Rd, Church Stretton, SY6 6EX 

The Groups’ Bankers throughout the year were TSB Business Internet Banking. The Association’s cash assets at 31[st] December 2022 were £6,434.37. 

The accounts have been examined and found to have no material matters of concern. 



The objects of Friends of Church Stretton Swimming Pool - Stretton Pool Action (SPA) are: 

•The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by providing or assisting in the provision and development of facilities for swimming in Church Stretton and surrounding areas. 

• The advancement of the amateur sport in Church Stretton and surrounding areas for the public benefit by the provision and development of facilities or opportunities for participation in the sport of swimming. 

• To advance the education of the public in the subjects of water safety and the benefits of swimming and sport. 

The Trustees held 10 Trustees meetings during the year. The Chair and /or Secretary met with Shropshire Council Leisure Centre staff 4 times and twice with Shropshire Council Councillors during the year. 

Trustees organised a competition for school children, from the 2 primary schools which use the pool, to design a neck buff. The 2 winning entries were produced as neck buffs for sale at the Leisure Centre, local retailers and local events. The initiative served both to raise local awareness of the importance of the pool to local children and to raise funds. Other fundraising was limited to a plant stall and raffle at one of the local events. Trustees continued to raise awareness of the pool as a local facility by ensuring local venues, such as the Tourist Information Centre and camping and B&B establishments have Leisure Centre leaflets for tourists. 

The charity has no employees and so is entirely reliant on voluntary help and support. The trustees are extremely grateful for this help and support during the year, which is invaluable in helping with the fundraising required to enable the Group to carry out its’ objectives. 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. 

Signed on behalf of the trustees. 

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|Full name|Denise Cottom||
|Position|Trustee||
|Date|19thJan 2023||





Stretton P¢olA¢tlDn
SPA
Statem•ntofA¢¢ourt
Year to
31.1221
l$t January to 31st Dacember 2022
Income
Fundrai8ln9 Ev8nts Plant sale
Beer Festival Stall
Bank Compens8tion
Donab"ons
Buff5 Sales
210
283
50
10
210
553
20
230
Locker WristStrap8
Buffs includlng froe gifts
Sury8y
Lo¢kers
59
127
70C)
1,412
2,112
186
Net Defidtl In(x)rrno
36
-1,88
R￿￿es3t31.12.22
Brought Forward 01.01.22
surplus loryear
6.561
367
8A43
-1.882
Repra8ented by:"
Cash atBank
31.12.2022
Stock of unsold Bul& at cost
6A34
494
6.928
6,561