SILVERFIT LTD

Registered charity 1143135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPORTING BUNNIES LTD

To help & encourage mainly people over 50 to get active & fit (again) by providing exercise groups at various locations around London or referring via a website to exercise groups.

Objects

1. The promotion of physical activity and the promotion and provision of physical exercise opportunities with the object of improving the health and wellbeing, in particular but not exclusively, for those over 45 and those whose health, ethnicity and socio-economic circumstances might mean they need more help and encouragement to take part in physical activity.2. Such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the directors may from time to time determine.

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

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Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£135k
Latest spending
£116k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £18,969 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total income of £135,213 against total expenditure of £116,244. Per the trustees' report, total reserves stood at £84,531, comprising £39,820 in unrestricted funds, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' expenditure (held: £40k)
“Silverfit’s Trustees have set a reserves level equivalent to three months’ expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 11
“In addition to the transactions detailed in Note 6, the Charity received donations without any conditions from Trustees and Key Management Personnel of £9,800 (2024: £7,364) in aggregate.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Government income: £11,000 — contracts £11,000 (1); 8% of the £135,213 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £31,000 — contracts £11,000 (1), grants £20,000 (2); 24% of the £130,798 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 17
  • Government income: £24,723 — contracts £11,000 (1), grants £13,723 (2); 20% of the £123,192 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Silverfit (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£135k£116k
31/05/2024£131k£99k
31/05/2023£123k£177k
31/05/2022£182k£183k
31/05/2021£133k£133k

Common questions

Is SILVERFIT LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £18,969 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total income of £135,213 against total expenditure of £116,244. Per the trustees' report, total reserves stood at £84,531, comprising £39,820 in unrestricted funds, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SILVERFIT LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SILVERFIT LTD as a grant recipient include UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY, SOUTHWARK CHARITIES, LONDON CATALYST, BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2024£22kGrant towards continuation and expansion of its exercise and fitness sessions for Southwark's older people
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2023£20kOlder people's fitness and exercise
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2022£20kLarge Grant
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITYFY2023£20kGrant towards continuation and expansion of its exercise and fitness sessions for Southwark's older people
SOUTHWARK CHARITIESFY2024£19k
SOUTHWARK CHARITIESFY2021£19k
SOUTHWARK CHARITIESFY2025£9kGrants to Institutions
SOUTHWARK CHARITIESFY2023£6kGrants awarded to community organisations and charities
LONDON CATALYSTFY2022£4kTo provide physical activity sessions to older people based around Whitton community centre
SOUTHWARK CHARITIESFY2022£1k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kTai Chi and Qigong lessons for the over 45s to improve health and wellbeing.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/11/2024£19kSilverfit Kingston
City Bridge Foundation02/11/2023£150kGrant to Silverfit Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£10kFun with Silverfit at Crystal Palace
Sport England14/06/2022£6kJubilee Fund - Silverfit Burgess Park
Sport England14/10/2021£80kCore Market Open Fund 1
The National Lottery Community Fund13/08/2021£10kBe Silverfit in Camden
Sport England04/02/2021£5kCOVID19 Return to Play
UK government03/07/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2019£10kSilverfit Crystal Palace
The National Lottery Community Fund18/05/2018£9kSilver Fridays Enfield
Sport England06/04/2018£127kCore Market Open Fund 1
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2015£9kSilver Wednesday
Greater London Authority06/01/2015£1kGrant to Silverfit Ltd
Sport England17/07/2013£10kSilverfit Fitness & Fun Sessions

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 SOMERSET ACTIVITY AND SPORTS PARTNERSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SILVERFIT LTD£135k—0above—no doubt
SOMERSET ACTIVITY AND SPORTS PARTNERSHIP FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
SILVER LEYS TRUST FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt
HIGH STREET FITNESS & WELLBEING FY2025£127k—0below—no doubt
FUTURE-FIT FOUNDATION FY2025£107k—0within—no doubt
CHALKHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD FY2025£224k—0unclear—no doubt

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