WAVENEY GYMNASTICS CLUB

Registered charity 1112659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide the facility for gymnastics for all the local community.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE COMMUNITYPARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND SPORT BY ORGANISING OR PROVIDINGASSISTANCE IN THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHICH ENABLEPARTICIPATION IN GYMNASTICS AND ASSOCIATED DISCIPLINES;(B) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THEINTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE WITHADDITIONAL PHYSICAL OR MENTAL NEEDS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A SENSORYROOM AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES

Area of benefit: LOWESTOFT AND ADJOINING DISTRICTS

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £58,371 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £770,626. Per the trustees' report, free reserves increased to £103,713, although the charity notes ongoing financial constraints from rising costs and minimal growth in reserves. The going concern basis is supported by the Board's belief that adequate resources exist to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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 4 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05588094
• Trading subsidiary: WAVENEY GYMNASTICS ENTERPRISE LIMITED Companies House 11790989

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.

• KETTLEWELL, Andrew — director, appointed 14/01/2026not on trustee list
• PELEKANOU, Christopher — director, appointed 08/03/2024not on trustee list
• PARR, Gary — director, appointed 24/05/2017on trustee list
• JACK, Nicholas Robert — director, appointed 12/07/2006not on 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Greenfield
• Gary Parr
• JOHN ALBERT PAWSEY
• MR NICK JACK
• Maggie Mullender
• Tracey Bullard

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 ERDINGTON GYMNASTICS CLUB.

• ERDINGTON GYMNASTICS CLUB income £878k
• CITY OF WORCESTER GYMNASTICS income £452k
• THE WIRE GYMNASTICS CLUB income £606k
• WEALD GYMNASTICS CENTRE income £414k
• BARNSLEY COMMUNITY GYMNASTICS ACADEMY income £549k
• WEYBOURNE GYMNASTICS CLUB income £397k

Side by side with its peers

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