Beccles Lido Limited

Analysis

Beccles Lido Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in October 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06805012). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Beccles Lido Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £545k to £1.1m (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Beccles Lido Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lily Foundation (£1.1m), The End of Life Partnership Limited (£1.1m) and Centre for Ageing Better Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, trading 23% and donations and legacies 16%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £33k. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £205k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.