ABBEY GYM CLUB

Registered charity 1156313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBEY GYMNASTICS CLUB

Abbey Gym Club is based in Prestwood, Buckinghamshire and promotes community participation in healthy recreation, in particular by the provision of facilities and instruction for gymnastics and related sports.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND INSTRUCTION FOR GYMNASTICS AND RELATED SPORTS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £108,000 at the end of the period, having been built up to fund a new facility. The charity reports that most income is from gymnastics instruction fees and has ceased fundraising activities to reduce these reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Chiltern District Council — “in March of 1985 the Chiltern District Council gave us a grant towards the purchase of equipment.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Frances Brooke-Read
• Nicola Downer
• ROGER EVANS

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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