EAST GRINSTEAD SPORTS CLUB LTD

Registered charity 1091114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST GRINSTEAD SPORTS AND COUNTRY CLUB

Independent Sports & Leisure Facilities For The Community

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£407k
Latest spending
£356k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £68,285 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total funds carried forward of £2,727,133. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of uncommitted expenditure, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months’ uncommitted expenditure over and above the value of the land, buildings and pitches (held: £20k)
Free reserves are intended to reflect a minimum level of approximately between three and six months’ uncommitted expenditure over and above the value of the land, buildings and pitches.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to BGL Communications Ltd
East Grinstead Sports Club made payments totalling £288 (2024 - £96) to the company BGL Communications Ltd of which a trustee, Lee Farren, is the sole director. The payments related to telecommunication expenses. — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Affinia (Crawley). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£407k£356k
30/09/2024£118k£99k
30/09/2023£90k£87k
30/09/2022£73k£26k
30/09/2021£116k£98k

Common questions

Is EAST GRINSTEAD SPORTS CLUB LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £68,285 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total funds carried forward of £2,727,133. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of uncommitted expenditure, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Affinia (Crawley).

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England31/03/2026£15kReplacement of 3G Multi Sports Pitch
Sport England19/06/2020£4kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England17/09/2019£15kReplacement floodlights
Sport England21/10/2014£10kActive Life
Sport England01/10/2014£42kChanging room refurbishment and new boiler

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£700

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EAST GRINSTEAD SPORTS CLUB LTD£407k0unclearno doubt
EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED FY2025£229k0belowno doubt
HEATHROW SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS & DANCE LTD FY2025£1.6m£50,001 - £60,0000aboveno doubt
GREENSTEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£143k0unclearno doubt
NEWTON ABBOT AND DISTRICT RECREATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£168k0unclearno doubt
JUBILEE COMMUNITY CHURCH (EAST GRINSTEAD) FY2024£682k0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.