## **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** |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|||| ||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** March **2012** **TAR** 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. **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)** March **2012** **TAR** 2 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 March **2012** **TAR** 3 |**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**| |\|||| **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**165 847**
**27 894**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**193 741**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**165 847**
**27 894**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**193 741**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**165 847**
**27 894**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**193 741**|**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** 4 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** 2