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.

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Highest-paid employee band: more than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee (2024: one) received total remuneration of more than £60,000.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee (2024: one) received total remuneration of more than £60,000.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 2.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“the cost of fundraising is modest. Previously we carried out a robust estimate of the costs of fundraising and deduced that a figure of 2% of costs was appropriate.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Jon McGinty, a trustee, is the Managing Director of Gloucester City Council. During the year ended 31 March 2025, Active Gloucestershire received £0 (2024: £40,000) of income from and paid £nil (2024: £nil) to, Gloucester City Council.
“Jon McGinty, a trustee, is the Managing Director of Gloucester City Council. During the year ended 31 March 2025, Active Gloucestershire received £0 (2024: £40,000) of income from and paid £nil (2024: £nil) to, Gloucester City Council.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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).

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.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reserves (reported)
£763k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.1m

Common questions

Is ACTIVE GLOUCESTERSHIRE financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hazlewoods LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ACTIVE GLOUCESTERSHIRE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the more than £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England10/04/2025£630kPlace Universal Offer
Sport England05/02/2025£32kMoving Communities
Sport England28/01/2025£110kSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England29/11/2023£191kSport Welfare Officers
Sport England01/11/2023£350kLocal Priority Places - Gloucestershire
Sport England12/01/2023£34kTogether Fund – Phase 4
Sport England19/12/2022£20kTogether Fund – Phase 4
Sport England24/03/2022£2.8mSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England21/03/2022£128kTogether Fund – Phase 4
Sport England27/01/2022£8kMoving Communities
Sport England11/10/2021£27kB2022 Commonwealth Games: National Legacy
Sport England07/04/2021£50kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England12/03/2021£161kOpening School Facilities Phase 2
Sport England16/11/2020£18kCSP Daily Mile
Sport England05/10/2020£553kActive Partnerships Funding 21-24 (Rollover)
Sport England17/09/2020£50kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England09/09/2020£8kActive Partnerships Funding 21-24
Sport England08/04/2020£50kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England08/04/2020£25kPrimary Role 2018-21
Sport England10/02/2020£101kSatellite clubs
Sport England05/02/2020£44kCSP Daily Mile
Sport England21/11/2019£68kCSP School Sport
Sport England25/09/2019£10kWe Can Move
Sport England09/09/2019£95kCSP School Sport
Sport England02/08/2019£8kCSP School Sport

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 PLAY GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTIVE GLOUCESTERSHIRE£1.2mmore than £60,0001within2.0%no doubt
PLAY GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£400k—0unclear—no doubt
MOVE MORE FY2025£897k—0within—no doubt
ACTIVE LANCASHIRE LIMITED FY2025£2.7m£90,001 - £100,0005above—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
ACTIVE CHESHIRE FY2025£831k——above—no doubt

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