ACTIVE GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Registered charity 1138546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion and provision of physical activity and sport opportunities for the people and communities of Gloucestershire and further afield irrespective of age, gender, ability /disability, socio-economic circumstances, sexual orientation and religious belief with a view to increasing regular participation in physical activity and sport.

Objects

4 THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORT AND OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE INHABITANTS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gloucester, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted general reserves were £363,523, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of 3 to 6 months of planned expenditure on salaries and overheads. The charity reports a net movement in funds of a surplus, supported by significant cash reserves of £1,443,709, while noting a moderate funding risk due to the planned end of a significant contract with the Integrated Care Board in March 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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 07344552

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Kirsty Dunleavy-Harris — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Emma Owen — Chair (source)
• Jo Willett — Director (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sport England — “We work closely with Sport England and the Active Partnership network to ensure our work is joined up and supporting the work happening acro…” (source page)
• The National Lottery — “The National Lottery” (source page)
• Gloucestershire Community Foundation — “Gloucestershire Community Foundation” (source page)
• St James’ Place Foundation — “St James’ Place Foundation” (source page)
• The Summerfield Trust — “The Summerfield Trust” (source page)
• The Bailey Thomas Foundation — “The Bailey Thomas Foundation” (source page)
• Social Investment Business — “Social Investment Business” (source page)

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.

• RAHMAN, Sheema Foyjun Nahar — director, appointed 10/10/2024not on trustee list
• GOLLEDGE, Mark Timothy — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• BULLINGHAM, Rachael Anna, Dr — director, appointed 10/10/2024on trustee list
• TREW, Sian Eleri — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
• CONSTABLE, Daniel James — director, appointed 06/10/2022on trustee list
• HAMILTON, Tania Jane — director, appointed 31/10/2019on trustee list
• OWEN, Emma Jane — director, appointed 31/10/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Jane Owenchair
• Daniel James Constable
• Mark Golledge
• Rachael Bullingham
• Sian Eleri Trew
• Tania June Hamilton

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY.

• THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY income £248k
• ACTIVE LANCASHIRE LIMITED income £2.9m
• ACTIVE DORSET income £987k
• ACTIVE CHESHIRE income £831k
• ACTIVE LINCOLNSHIRE income £1.0m
• PLAY GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £449k

Side by side with its peers

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