SPORTING PENISTONE

Registered charity 1157786 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We have a community gym, roller skating, hire space for sports, run exercise and wellbeing classes. We have sessions aimed at different groups such as parent and babies, older people, and social activities to reduce isolation.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PENISTONE AND DISTRICT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.3.2 TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A LEISURE CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS.

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £16,999 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds decreasing to £364,519. Unrestricted reserves fell to £18,245, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of around £30,000. Despite this reduction, the trustees state they have reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the next 12 months.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Billinghamchair
• AMANDA JAMES
• Alison Elizabeth Barron
• Dr Karl Travis CChem FRSC
• Simon Jones
• William Vernon Bouch

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLYMOUTH SPORTS CHARITY LIMITED.

• PLYMOUTH SPORTS CHARITY LIMITED income £76k
• THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT income £896k
• BIRMINGHAM SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRUST income £1.3m
• SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD income £304k
• THE PANATHLON FOUNDATION LIMITED income £967k
• FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY GYMNASTIC AND ACTIVITY CENTRE income £478k

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