## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From 1 Oct 2022 To** **30 Sept** **2023** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** ## **WOBURN LIDO** **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 300084 **Charity's principal address** Crawley Road, Woburn, Milton Keynes, Central Bedfordshire Postcode MK17 9QD ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||MURRAY HEINING|Chairman & Treasurer||| ||DANIEL JONES||Appointed 8 January 2023|| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **N/A** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** ## **N/A** **Type of adviser Name Address** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) N/A** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** - Type of governing The Woburn Lido was constituted as a registered Charity in accordance with a 99 - document year Lease granted in 1964 by Woburn Parish Council in respect of the Pool - (eg. trust deed, constitution) premises which The Duke of Bedford donated to the community having built the swimming pool in 1911 for the children of Woburn. Under the Lease the Lido is held on trust for the purpose of a swimming pool for the benefit of Woburn residents. - How the charity is The control of the Trust property and the arrangements for its use are vested in a - constituted Committee of Management, the members of which become Trustees of the - (eg. trust, association, Charity by default under the Lease - company) The Management Committee has adopted a set of rules of procedure. which cover, inter alia, Committee composition, voting procedures and appointment of Trustees and Officials. Trustee selection methods Appointed by Management Committee/Trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Section C Objectives and activities** To provide a first-class outdoor swimming facility that makes a positive **Summary of the** contribution to the Community, and to the health and wellbeing of the residents **objects of the** of Woburn and the surrounding area. **charity set out in its governing document** **Summary of the main activities** The residents of Woburn and the surrounding areas continued to benefit from a **undertaken for** local open air pool that was open all year. **the public benefit in** The Trustees and Committee of Management in operating the Lido paid due **relation to these** regard to the Charity Commission’s Guidance on Public Benefit. **objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **TAR** March **2012** 2 Section D Achievements and performance The year to September 2023 maintained the step change increase in takings **Summary of the** arising from the introduction of a new pre-booking and advance payment **main** software system to book slots to ensure strict Covid compliance. previously **achievements** takings were highly dependent on the weather with cash admission charges on **of the charity** the day. **during the year** The successful development of Cold Water Swimming [CWS] was the main driver of a record level of Footfall of over 30,000 in the year with the 8 month CWS season up 77% to over 12,000 while the 4 month Summer Season rose 6% to nearly 18,000. The recruitment of a full-time Pool Manager, a previous Life Guard, did not work out. He left at the end of the CWS season which incurred a loss despite the increased Takings due to costs more than doubling, manager employment costs contributing to 60% of the costs increase. CWS Lifeguard costs were anticipated to decrease due to the Manager but their charges rose 20%. Overall there was a CWS Deficit of £7.7k. Summer season costs were also higher, by around 20%, mainly due to Repairs and Maintenance up 80% to £12.7k, including £4k electrical works so that the Summer season surplus fell by 35%, to £25.9k. In addition, Exceptional equipment costs of £62k, mainly new heaters gave rise to an overall Deficit of £43.8k for the year. Further Exceptional costs have been incurred since year end, mainly on a new Timber Cabin which provides a social area for swimmers which has been very well received. Since the year end, CWS takings are continuing to increase. The Lido has enjoyed numerous positive reviews not least due to our professional band of contract lifeguards and the increased tireless work of the Trustee Chairman. |**Section E**|**Financial review**|**Financial review**|**Financial review**| |---|---|---|---| |**Brief**
**statement of**
**the charity’s**
**policy on**
**reserves**
**Details of any**
**funds materially**
**in deficit**|The higher takings in the years since Covid saw Cash Reserves build up to over
four times previous levels enabling investment in plant upgrades and customer
facilities whilst retaining sustainable Cash Reserves which at year end were
£95.2k down from £139.2k due to Exceptional costs.
Further investments in facility improvements will be made only where it is clear
that Reserves will not be eroded to a level that potentially compromises the long-
term sustainability of the Lido.||| ||N/A||| ## **Section F Other Optional In formation** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Murray Heining 30 January 2024 **Position)** Chairperson & Treasurer Date **TAR** March **2012** 3 ||**WOBURN LIDO**
|**WOBURN LIDO**
|**WOBURN LIDO**
|**WOBURN LIDO**
|300084|300084|300084| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**||**01-Oct-22**
**Period start**
**d t**|**To**|**30-Sep-23**
**Period end date**||| |||||\|||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**110,803**
**18,013**
**750**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**129,566**
**-**
**129,566**
**8,438**
**13,290**
**30,352**
**1,717**
**8,418**
**15,012**
**1,906**
**1,985**
**- 0**
**- 0**
**4,177**
**85,294**
**-**
**85,294**
**44,272**
**-**
**94,789**
**139,061**| |Swimming Pool Admissions|**130,073**||**-**|**-**|**130,073**||**110,803**| |Refreshments sales|**17,813**||||**17,813**||**18,013**| |Grants|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**750**| |Donations|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| |Fund raising events|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**147,886**||**-**|**-**|**147,886**||**129,566**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||**147,886**||**-**|**-**|**147,886**||**129,566**| ||**8,605**
**28,122**
**35,277**
**2,030**
**66,199**
**19,541**
**21,879**
**3,214**
**-**
**2,000**
**4,861**||||**8,605**
**28,122**
**35,277**
**2,030**
**66,199**
**19,541**
**21,879**
**3,214**
**-**
**2,000**

**4,861**||| |
Refreshments cost of sales|**8,605**||**-**|**-**|**8,605**||**8,438**| |Repairs and Maintenance|**28,122**||||**28,122**||**13,290**| |LifeguardFees|**35,277**||||**35,277**||**30,352**| |Insurance|**2,030**||||**2,030**||**1,717**| |Equipment & Facilities|**66,199**||||**66,199**||**8,418**| |Utilities|**19,541**||||**19,541**||**15,012**| |Employemnt costs|**21,879**||||**21,879**||**1,906**| |Course Tutor Fees|**3,214**||||**3,214**||**1,985**| |Trustee expenses|**-**||||**-**||**- 0**| |DONATIONS|**2,000**||**-**|**-**|**2,000**||**- 0**| |Card Machine Fees|**4,861**||**-**|
**-**|
**4,861**||**4,177**| |**_Sub total_ **|**191,729**||**-**|**-**|**191,729**||**85,294**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases**|||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this period end_**|||||||| ||**191,729**||**-**|**-**|**191,729**||**85,294**| ||1
**(43,843)**
**0**
**21,459**
**117,602**||||
**(43,843)**
**-**||| ||||**-**|
**-**|
**(43,843)**||| ||||||||| ||||**(21,459)**|**-**|**-**||| ||||||||| ||**117,602**||**21,459**||**139,061**||**94,789**| ||**95,218**||**-**|
**-**|
**95,218**||**139,061**| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|| ||Natwest|**95,218**|**0**|||| |||**-**||||| |||**-**|**-**||**-**|| ||**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**95,218**|**-**||**-**|| |||OK|OK
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**958**
**-**
Heining
Name||OK
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
30-Jan-24|| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||||| |||**-**||||| |||**-**||||| ||**Details**|**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||||| ||||**-**|||| ||||**-**|||| ||**Details**|**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||||| ||||**-**|||| ||||**-**|||| ||||**-**|||| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||||| |||Unrestricted||||| ||100 Club|Restricted|**958**|||| ||||**-**|||| ||Signature|Print||||| ||||||Date of
approval|| |||Murry|Heining||30-Jan-24|| |||||||| **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity Name
Report to the trustees/
Woburn Lido
members of
30 September 2023 Charity no 300084
On accounts for the year
(if any)
4
ended
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## **Set out on pages** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/09/2023 As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **Responsibilities and** accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). **basis of report** I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional qua**
**(if any):**|**S F Hill**|**Date:**|30/01/24| |---|---|---|---| ||Stephen Hill||| ||||| ||**lification(s) or body**
ACA (Retired)
B.A. Hons
M.Sc. Econ & Finanace||| ||10 East Lodge||| ||Marine Parade East||| ||Lee on the Solent, PO13 9LA||| ## **Address:** ## **IER** 1 ## **October 2018** ## **Section B Disclosure** **Give here details of any** Not Applicable **that the examiner wishes disclose** . **items to** **October 2018** **IER** 2