Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs high: -2

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 11

LEVEL WATER

We provide one-to-one swimming lessons for children with disabilities, then help them join group lessons and succeed in these. We believe that children with disabilities should not be excluded from sport. Our lessons are a powerful tool to help children with disabilities develop physical skills, become socially included and build self-esteem and resilience.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/09/23	£1,045	£1,003	£42	£193	£619	£540	6.5	7	160
30/09/22?	£1,094	£992	£102	£248	£576	£531	6.4	4	80
30/06/21	£421	£304	£116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/06/20	£740	£550	£189	£120	£358	£266	5.8	4	0
30/06/19	£682	£563	£118	£77	£168	£131	2.8	3	0
30/06/18	£377	£372	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/17	£472	£483	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16	£376	£354	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15	£312	£323	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14	£232	£206	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 24.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 19.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 6.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 11 years

levelwater.org

contact@levelwater.org

07764495713

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Sports activities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Co-Operative Group	£12,508
Sussex Community Foundation	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Level Water
£5,000	21/07/2022	Funding was provided towards staffing, training, marketing and general admin costs.
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£3,114	30/03/2021	Swimming lessons for disabled children
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Level Water
£5,000	18/11/2020 12	Funding was provided towards a project coordinator, marketing costs, swimming lessons, and monitoring and evaluation.
Quartet Community Foundation - Swimming Lessons for Children with Disabilities in Bristol
£2,500	16/12/2019 24	Toward the Level Water programme helping children with disabilities learn to swim in Bristol.
National Lottery Community Fund - Goal-Setting for Children with Disabilties
£10,000	27/11/2019 5	The funding will enable the organisation to work closely with children with disabilities and swimming teachers in Bournemouth to develop a new way of working and teach children goal-setting in order ....more The funding will enable the organisation to work closely with children with disabilities and swimming teachers in Bournemouth to develop a new way of working and teach children goal-setting in order to achieve greater outcomes in terms of children's confidence, resilience and self-esteem. The project supports children with disabilities to overcome barriers and reach their full potential by providing accessible opportunities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Level Water
£12,508	15/11/2019	We want to provide 1,000 free swimming lessons to teach 20 local children with disabilities to swim.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	15/10/2019	Swimming Lessons for Children with Disabilities
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Level Water
£3,264	15/03/2019 11	Funding was provided towards a swimming project in Shoreham.
Essex Community Foundation - Level Water - A fair start in sport for Thurrock
£2,500	19/09/2018 12	To set up a new swimming project for disabled children in Thurrock
Quartet Community Foundation - Level Water - A fair start in sport for Bristol
£5,000	21/06/2018 13	Toward the cost of the set-up and delivery of their Level Water programme at Horfield and Henbury Pools, providing swimming lessons for children with physical or sensory disabilities.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Level Water - A Fair Start in Sport for Broxbourne
£5,000	24/05/2018 13	Grant to Keep Playing trading as Level Water
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Level Water
£20,000	14/03/2017	Main Grant unrestricted core costs

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-59

GEMMA JENNINGS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Strategy Manager

LAURA BATTY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

MARK HASLAM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: National Swim Manager

STUART RHODES (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Fund Manager, Other trusteeship: BRIGHT IDEAS FOR TENNIS,

TOBY RADCLIFFE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2013, number: 1151510
Registered at Companies House on 01/06/2012, number: 08091814

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

The House
29-31 Monson Road
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Kent
TN1 1LS

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE:COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISIONS OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING SPORT (FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES)PHYSICAL EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; ANDTHE HEALTH OF DISABLED PEOPLE PARTICULARLY BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY CREATING OR ASSISTING IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORT

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