Shap Swimming Pool

Analysis

Shap Swimming Pool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shap Swimming Pool reported income of £65k and spending of £39k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £65k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Shap Swimming Pool sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chester Boxers Limited (£65k), Old Felixstowe Community Association (Ofca) (£65k) and 3rd Osterley Group Sea Scouts (£65k).