City of Coventry Swimming Club

Analysis

City of Coventry Swimming Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in November 2017, 9 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 services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, City of Coventry Swimming Club reported income of £611k and spending of £631k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £272k to £611k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, City of Coventry Swimming Club sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southport Gymnastics Club (£609k), Skyway Charity (£613k) and Play Wales/Chwarae Cymru (£607k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, donations and legacies 8.3% and trading 7.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £249k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.