2024-09-30-accounts - Woburn Lido

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date

Period end date

From 1 Oct 2023 To 30 Sept 2024

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

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
MURRAY HEINING	Chairman & Treasurer
DANIEL JONES
PAUL SMITH		Appointed 1 March 2025

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

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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. 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)

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Section D Achievements and performance The year to September 2024 benefited from the successful development of Summary of the Cold Water Swimming [CWS] with CWS Footfall increasing by over 40% main to over 17,500 while FF for the four month Summer Season was flat at close to achievements 18,000. Overall income of £193.7 was up by over 30% of the charity Routine costs were up by 44% to £138.4K with Lifeguard fees the main driver. during the year Further Exceptional costs of £54k mainly for a Timber Cabin, which provides a social area for swimmers, gave rise to an overall Deficit of £4k for the year. The tireless work of the Trustee Chairman has contributed to Woburn Lido enjoying an enhanced reputation in the community.

Section E Financial review Despite the investment in plant upgrades and customer facilities Cash Reserves Brief at year end were only £4k lower at £91k. statement of Further investments in facility improvements have been made since year end the charity’s including a new £51k Pool Liner which involved a six week Lido closure which policy on will be funded without Reserves being eroded to a level that potentially reserves compromises the long- term sustainability of the Lido Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit

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 20/5/25 Position) Chairperson & Treasurer Date

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WOBURN LIDO	WOBURN LIDO	WOBURN LIDO	300084
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period	01-Oct-23 Period start d t	To	30-Sep-24 Period end d t
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Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 165 847 27 894 - - - - 193 741	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 165 847 27 894 - - - - 193 741	Last year to the nearest £ 130 073 17 813 - - - - 147 886 - 147 886 8 605 28 122 35 277 2 030 66 199 19 541 21 879 3 214 - 2 000 0 4 861 191 728 - 191 728 (43 842) - 139 061 95 219
SwimmingPool Admissions	165 847
Refreshments sales	27 894
Grants	-
Donations	-
Fund raisingevents	-
	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	193 741

A2 Asset and investment sales,
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments	193 741	-	-	193 741 13 579 29 068 50 704 2 643 59 098 25 760 - 5 894 - 4 909 407 5 771 197 835 - 197 835
Refreshments cost of sales	13 579	-	-	13 579
Repairs and Maintenance	29 068			29 068
Lifeguard Fees	50 704			50 704
Insurance	2 643			2 643
Equipment	59 098			59 098
Utilities	25 760			25 760
Employemnt costs	-			-
Course Tutor Fees	5 894			5 894
Trustee expenses	-			-
DONATIONS	4 909	-	-	4 909
Bank Charges	407			407
Card Machine Fees	5 771	-	-	5 771
**Sub total **	197 835	-	-	197 835

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*
	(4 093)	-	-	(4 093)	(43 842)
	0 0 95 218 91 125	0 - -	- -	-
	95 218	-		95 218	139 061
	91 125	-	-	91 126	95 219

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Woburn Lido members of

30 September 2024 Charity no 300084 On accounts for the year ended (if any)

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 30/09/2024

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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: S F Hill Date: 20/05/24 Stephen Hill

Name:

Relevant professional ACA (Retired) qualification(s) or body B.A. Hons (if any): M.Sc. Econ & Finance Address: 10 East Lodge Marine Parade East Lee on the Solent, PO13 9LA

IER 1 October 2018

Section B Disclosure

Give here details of any Not Applicable items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

IER