GYMNASTICS IN IPSWICH

Registered charity 1064714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's objective and principal activity is the provision of Gymnastic facilities, equipment and coaching for the community of Ipswich and the surrounding area.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS INCLUDING PERSONS WITH DISABILITY WHETHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL, OF IPSWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN GYMNASTICS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: IPSWICH AND DISTRICT

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £46,782 for the year, which included £60,870 in non-cash depreciation and loss on disposals, resulting in an operating surplus of £14,088. Free reserves stood at £525,590, which the trustees confirmed exceeded their policy target of six months' trading requirements (£516,873).

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• 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

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 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 4.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Victoria Woollardchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• BRYAN BARTLETT
• James Robert Garnham
• MICHAEL JOHN JOSEPH DOYLE
• Vincent Stagg Mr

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITY OF NEWCASTLE GYMNASTICS ACADEMY LIMITED.

• CITY OF NEWCASTLE GYMNASTICS ACADEMY LIMITED income £999k
• SOUTH DURHAM GYMNASTICS income £701k
• SAPPHIRE SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS LTD income £849k
• HUNTINGDON GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED income £1.0m
• BRUMBY GYMNASTICS ACADEMY income £125k
• PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £385k

Side by side with its peers

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