HARROW SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS

Registered charity 1002258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of coaching in gymnastics by qualified coaches accredited by British gymnastics.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE PUPILS AT SCHOOLS POLYTECHNICS AND UNIVERSITIES OR OTHER CENTRES OF EDUCATION PRINCIPALLY FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') BY ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF SUCH PUPILS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS AND WITH A VIEW TO FURTHERING THIS OBJECT TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND TO ENCOURAGE SUCH PUPILS TO PARTICIPATE IN GYMNASTICS. (GYMNASTICS INCLUDES ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS SPORTS ACROBATICS RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS AND RECREATIONAL GYMNASTICS. ) (B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN ANY PART OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PUPILS WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 AND WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income was £917,292 against expenditure of £762,261, resulting in a surplus that increased unrestricted reserves to £1,539,009. This reserve level is explicitly noted as being in excess of the trustees' policy target of approximately £250,000. The directors confirm adequate resources for going concern and report no restricted funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02585823

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WALLACE, Samantha Elizabeth — director, appointed 19/03/2024on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Rosie Ann — director, appointed 27/02/2023on trustee list
• PUJARA, Nisha — director, appointed 19/02/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~24.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karsten Philip Shaw
• Nisha PUJARA
• Rosie Ann Williams
• Samantha Wallace · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Harrow

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).