YORK CITY GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1152515 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YCGF

1)TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS IN PARTICULAR GYMNASTICS.(2)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION (INCLUDING PHYSICAL EDUCATION) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GYMNASTICS AND GYMNASTIC RELATED ACTIVITIES(3)TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR THOSE CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

Objects

(1)TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS (IN PARTICULAR LAYING OUT, MANAGING, EQUIPPING AND MAINTAINING FACILITIES FOR GYMNASTICS) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF YORK AND ITS ENVIRONS AND NORTH YORKSHIRE, THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT'.(2)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION (INCLUDING PHYSICAL EDUCATION) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GYMNASTICS AND GYMNASTIC RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITIES RESIDENT WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(3)TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR THOSE CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY PROVIDING FACILITIES WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN GYMNASTICS AND GYMNASTIC RELATED ACTIVITIES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,001,338, an increase from the previous year's £959,925. The trustees state the charity is on a strong financial footing with stable income from classes operating at or near full capacity. They confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 05/07/2023, 5 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~21.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Robert Wildchair
• Andrew Craig Vipas
• Azariah Mykel Mason
• Richard Bryan Edwards

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK CITY KNIGHTS FOUNDATION.

• YORK CITY KNIGHTS FOUNDATION income £201k
• SANDBACH GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION income £405k
• CITY OF WORCESTER GYMNASTICS income £452k
• CITY OF NEWCASTLE GYMNASTICS ACADEMY LIMITED income £999k
• THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION income £307k
• WILTSHIRE SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £809k

Side by side with its peers

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