THE WIRE GYMNASTICS CLUB

Registered charity 1148992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Coaching gymnastics in the Warrington area

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WARRINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND COACHING FOR GYMNASTICS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £25,536 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total income of £605,714 against expenditure of £580,178. The trustees report that unrestricted bank reserves stood at £108,770, which is above the stated policy target of maintaining a minimum of £10,000 to cover at least three months of routine expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• EMMA ALICE DOHERTYchair
• CLARE MARIE BARRICK
• Carla Barrick
• Christina Greer
• Gaby Hannibal
• Holly Doherty
• Kelly Leather
• Sarah Allen
• Victoria Forrester

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

Operates in: Warrington

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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