THE GILLINGHAM COMMUNITY AND LEISURE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1138571 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GCLT

A subsidiary of the Three Rivers Partnership, Dorset , the Trust was established to manage development construction of the RiversMeet Centre (opened in August 2010) and thereafter to manage the facilities to promote public benefit of community participation in healthy recreation and such other lawful charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Objects

1 THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GILLINGHAM, DORSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SWIMMING, BASKETBALL, BADMINTON, NETBALL, INDOOR HOCKEY, FIVE-A-SIDE FOOTBALL, GYMNASTICS AND FITNESS EXERCISES AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE HEALTHY RECREATIONAL SPORTS OR ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND2 SUCH OTHER LAW CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Area of benefit: GILLINGHAM, DORSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £169,852 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with net assets totaling £3,936,480. The trustees report that resources are adequate to continue activities for the foreseeable future, supported by improved cashflow and successful grant applications. The independent auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fletcher & Partners. Discloses 5 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Three Rivers Lottery — “Join today and help us make a difference in the community we serve, all funds we receive from the Three Rivers Lottery are distributed to ch…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Douglas Silvester CBEchair
• Barbara Joan Hurst · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ella-mai Robey
• Jonathan Mark Broadway
• Laura Day
• Maxine Patricia Caldwell
• SIMON VIVIAN CHASE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Christopher Ward

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST.

• RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST income £160k
• MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED income £134k
• Gateshead Active Ltd income £1.6m
• West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd income £1.3m
• CATERHAM BARRACKS COMMUNITY TRUST income £722k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SOUTH GILLINGHAM income £397k

Side by side with its peers

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