Colchester Phoenix Amateur Swimming Club

Analysis

Colchester Phoenix Amateur Swimming Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Colchester Phoenix Amateur Swimming Club reported income of £61k and spending of £62k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £30k to £61k (+104%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Colchester Phoenix Amateur Swimming Club sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sport in Desford (£61k), Hedgecock Community Centre Ltd (£61k) and North Leigh War Memorial Hall (£61k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.