FOREST OF DEAN GYMNASTIC CLUB

Registered charity 1057559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOREST OF DEAN GYMNASTICS & FITNESS

To supply gymnastics and fitness education for all ages and abilities and for those with special needs within the area of benefit which includes the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Districts.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN FULL TIME EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ENSURING THAT ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR MINDS AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND ENCOURAGE INHABITANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN GYMNASTICS. 2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE, PARTICULARY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF THE FACILITIES BY REASON OF AGE, YOUTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES: FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3

Area of benefit: FOREST OF DEAN

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 total incoming resources increased to £304,098, resulting in a net incoming resource of £32,153 for the year. The charity holds total unrestricted and restricted funds of £664,945, with the trustees confirming that current assets are sufficient to maintain present operations. However, the trustees note that roof leaks are increasing and a permanent solution will be expensive, requiring a fundraising drive.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03221655

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.

• HOLDEN, Simon Charles — director, appointed 17/10/2024on trustee list
• SIMPSON, Abigail Melanie Lisa Natasha — director, appointed 24/04/2020on trustee list
• NEWLAND, John Kitson — director, appointed 17/11/2017on trustee list
• HEINER, Wendy Gillian — director, appointed 08/07/1996on 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Kitson Newlandchair
• Abigail Simpson
• Simon Holden
• WENDY HEINER

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sherwood Oaks Gymnastics Academy.

• Sherwood Oaks Gymnastics Academy income £245k
• PINEWOOD GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED income £1.1m
• FOREST OF DEAN CHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY CENTRE income £279k
• CITY OF NEWCASTLE GYMNASTICS ACADEMY LIMITED income £999k
• SOUTH DEVON SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £343k
• FOREST OF DEAN COMMUNITY CHURCH income £341k

Side by side with its peers

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