SOUTH ESSEX GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED
Registered charity 1129701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
provision of gymnastics education and training
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £580,171, up from £521,189 in the prior year, reflecting a net income of £58,982. The charity maintains a reserves policy to cover expenses for the foreseeable future and secure additional premises, with current unrestricted funds exceeding the prior year's balance. The trustees and auditors confirm the entity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Membership fees and recreation and preschool fees (92% of income)
“The major source of funds is membership fees and recreation and preschool fees which represents 92% of the total income from charitable activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to cover the charity's expenses for the foreseeable future and to secure additional premises (held: £580k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity, at a level which will be sufficient to cover the charity's expenses for the foreseeable future and to secure additional premises for the charity's operations to meet future demand.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Michael Letch & Partners LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Scott Hann — Director of Coaching (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/03/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ROY SHORTchair
- Clive Leigh Hugh Fabb
- David Thomas Oliver Mott
- JULIE ANN HICKTON
- Jeffrey Peter Davis
- STEPHEN SMITH
- SUE HIBBITT
- Verity Jayne Adams
- Vincent Jee Ping Ip
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOUTH ESSEX GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £580,171, up from £521,189 in the prior year, reflecting a net income of £58,982. The charity maintains a reserves policy to cover expenses for the foreseeable future and secure additional premises, with current unrestricted funds exceeding the prior year's balance. The trustees and auditors confirm the entity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Michael Letch & Partners LLP.
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