COLCHESTER SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS

Registered charity 1154320 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PROVISION OF GYMNASTIC FACILITIES FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE SUBJECT OF GYMNASTICS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.2) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION [FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF COLCHESTER (ESSEX) AND SURROUNDING AREAS] BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN GYMNASTICS.3) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN COLCHESTER (ESSEX) AND SURROUNDING AREAS, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING IN LIFE, DEVELOPING SKILL, CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £77,057 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources increasing by 12% to £969,627. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £375,283 significantly exceed the stated policy target of approximately £220,000, representing three months of unrestricted 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 5.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Harrington
• Gemma Field
• HOLLY BLACKWELL
• Lisa Piagesti
• Samantha Copping
• Shelley Chandler

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

Operates in: Essex

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 HEATHROW SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS & DANCE LTD.

• HEATHROW SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS & DANCE LTD income £1.6m
• WEALD GYMNASTICS CENTRE income £414k
• SAPPHIRE SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS LTD income £849k
• COLCHESTER UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• CAROUSEL SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS income £579k
• CLEETHORPES COMMUNITY SPORTS AND EDUCATION income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

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