SOUTH DURHAM GYMNASTICS

Registered charity 1157394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the local community. Achieved through the provision of facilities for participating in gymnastics and gymnastic related activities.The activities of the charity, which is accredited to British Gymnastics, include training and coaching for members and the organisation of club and gymnastic competitions.

Objects

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CLUB IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF SOUTH WEST DURHAM AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATING IN GYMNASTICS AND GYMNASTIC RELATED ACTIVITIES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF QUALIFIED AND ENTHUSIASTIC COACHES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:-PROVIDING TRAINING AND COACHING FOR MEMBERS;-ORGANISE OPEN AND CLUB GYMNASTICS COMPETITIONS;-HOST GYMNASTIC COMPETITIONS ARRANGED BY OTHER CLUBS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS;-ORGANISE TEAMS TO REPRESENT THE CLUB IN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND COMPETITIONS;-CATER FOR THE DISCIPLINE OF WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS;-TO CONTINUE TO BE ACCREDITED TO BRITISH 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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Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £700,879 in income and incurred £533,753 in expenditure, resulting in a net surplus of £167,126. Unrestricted reserves increased to £225,555, with free reserves standing at £194,909, which the trustees consider satisfactory against their policy target of three to six months of running costs. The charity maintains a positive cash position of £151,770 and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SOUTH DURHAM GYMNASTICS (CIO) (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL ANDERSONchair
• GORDON MCDONALD
• MARION AVRIL GATES
• TRACY MCKEOWN

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ERDINGTON GYMNASTICS CLUB.

• ERDINGTON GYMNASTICS CLUB income £878k
• SHERBURN COMMUNITY GYMNASTICS CLUB LTD income £230k
• SANDBACH GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION income £405k
• THE DYNAMIC GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION income £36k
• SOUTHPORT GYMNASTICS CLUB income £609k
• DEERNESS GYMNASTICS income £459k

Side by side with its peers

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