KIRKLEES ACTIVE LEISURE

Registered charity 1091226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of sports and leisure facilities for the communities of Kirklees and surrounding neighbourhoods. This comprises swimming (including provision of an extensive lessons programme), fitness suites, keep fit classes, a wide range of sports hall activities, indoor/outdoor tennis, outdoor activities (including football, hockey, etc.), indoor climbing, indoor bowls and track & field events.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, PRIMARILY IN KIRKLEES BUT ALSO IN THE WIDER AREA, IN THE INTERESTS OF POSITIVE SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THOSE PERSONS USING SUCH FAILITIES AND SERVICES

Area of benefit: KIRKLEES. WEST YORKSHIRE

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 the charity ended the year with a significant surplus position and strong financial viability following a period of stabilization and rationalization. Per the trustees' report, the charity has returned to a positive position with improved financial performance, although it faces ongoing challenges regarding energy costs and potential reductions in local authority funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Simpson Wood. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Kirklees Active Leisure paid £400k a year in rent for gym at the John Smith’s Stadium huddersfieldhub.co.uk · 13/12/2023
• RAAC, ruin and redundancies – how Kirklees Active Leisure was pulled back from the brink huddersfieldhub.co.uk · 06/12/2023
• Hundreds of Kirklees Active Leisure staff could be made redundant as cuts continue to hit services in the district dewsburyreporter.co.uk · 09/10/2023
• Figures reveal only three of Kirklees Active Leisure's sites turn a profit, with some making half a million pound losses dewsburyreporter.co.uk · 05/10/2023
• 'We are being let down' say heartbroken campaigners over Kirklees Active Leisure's sports centre plans examinerlive.co.uk · 17/05/2023
• Kirklees Active Leisure hikes prices despite £6m bailout from council examinerlive.co.uk · 07/04/2023
• Kirklees Active Leisure say plans will see one baths shut for good examinerlive.co.uk · 08/02/2023
• Deighton Sports Arena and Two More Kirklees Active Leisure Centres to Close Amid Rising Costs kirkleeslocaltv.com · 09/12/2022

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAWN STEPHENSONchair
• Balbir Singh UPPAL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Fiona Thornhill
• Imran Shahzad SAFDAR
• JOHN STEPHEN FLETCHER
• MELANIE TINA HUDSON
• Paul Kemp
• Satnam Singh KHELA
• Sue Alderson

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEISURE FOCUS TRUST.

• LEISURE FOCUS TRUST income £1.2m
• RYCROFT LEISURE income £340k
• HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON income £1.1m
• TAMESIDE SPORTS TRUST income £14.8m
• PENDENNIS LEISURE CIO income £101k
• Trilogy Active income £9.6m

Side by side with its peers

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