PIRATE FITNESS CIO

Registered charity 1154471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PIRATE FITNESS

Provision of health club facilities and the promotion of health and fitness in the Community

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WITNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR SPORTS, EXERCISE AND FITNESS TRAINING.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£168k

Latest spending

£147k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £21,362 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £168,365 and expenditure of £147,003. However, the trustees note that the charity remains dependent on the support of its landlord to continue trading and that turnover has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Consequently, the net unrestricted funds remain negative at £(26,047).

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Efforts continue to reduce costs, however the Charity will continue to need the support of the Landlord to continue trading.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 10

“The property rented by the CIO is owned by the trustee Duncan Wood. In the year under review, rent of £48,000 was paid to Duncan Wood.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 4
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 2
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 2

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

DUNCAN JAMES WOOD BA HONSchair
Mathew Duffin
Peter Bradley

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£168k	£147k
31/12/2024	£158k	£138k
31/12/2023	£137k	£160k
31/12/2022	£190k	£189k
31/12/2021	£193k	£239k

Common questions

Is PIRATE FITNESS CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £21,362 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £168,365 and expenditure of £147,003. However, the trustees note that the charity remains dependent on the support of its landlord to continue trading and that turnover has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Consequently, the net unrestricted funds remain negative at £(26,047). Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PFC TRUST	1	£42k
THE ASDA FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£16k
THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATION	1	£1k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FC HARTLEPOOL.

FC HARTLEPOOL income £293k
TP CARING SPACES CIO income £31k
RYE RECREATION & WELLBEING CIO income £668k
Kingswood Sports CIO income £353k
SPORTING PENISTONE income £198k
PENDENNIS LEISURE CIO income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PIRATE FITNESS CIO	£168k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
FC HARTLEPOOL FY2025	£293k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TP CARING SPACES CIO FY2025	£31k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
RYE RECREATION & WELLBEING CIO FY2026	£668k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
Kingswood Sports CIO FY2025	£353k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SPORTING PENISTONE FY2025	£198k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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