Love our Lido and R.158 2025 correction
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WQ.436/2025
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BY DEPUTY D.J. WARR OF ST. HELIER SOUTH
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2025 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2025
Question
"Further to the publication of "Love Our Lido. A statement by the Jersey Charity Commissioner, John Mills CBE", will the Minister advise what plans, if any, he has to alter the statement within R.158/2025 regarding Love our Lido "being unable to secure Jersey Charity status"?"
Answer
Love Our Lido is not a registered Jersey charity.
The independent panel, which reviewed and scored the expressions of interests received, scored Love Our Lido higher than Firstpoint, but noted that several matters still required resolution in order to enact an agreement. This included the formation of Love Our Lido as a registered charity.
I have had no communication with the Charity Commissioner at any stage of this process (as I believe was appropriate), and I received no prior notice of the statement he issued on 11th November 2025. I note from the statement that there is no regulatory impediment to the charity being formed, and the necessary arrangements for registration have been agreed.
It remains the case, however, that Love Our Lido could not agree terms with the public for a lease before the deadline of 26th September. This includes in respect of the level of annual public funding that would be available as part of a lease. If Love Our Lido have not registered as a charity, because they have been unable to agree to the terms of a lease agreement, including how much public money would be received as part of that agreement, then the statement made in R.158/2025 remains valid.
I would also note, for additional clarity and without prejudice to my earlier remarks, that R.158/2025 was presented to the States on 3rd November, in advance of the Commissioner's statement. Accordingly, the statement was in any respect made in good faith and reflected the position as I understood it to be.
Accordingly, I do not have any plans to alter R.158/2025 and intend to allow the independent review of the expressions of interest process to take its course.