GAY OUTDOOR CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1158873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOC

The Gay Outdoor Club is an activity club for gay men and women and theirfriends which organises over 500 outdoor and sporting events per year, includingwalking, cycling, camping, caving and climbing. The club is made up of groups acrossthe whole of mainland Britain and has been active for over 40 years.

Objects

The Objects are to provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of any individuals who have need of such facilities especially, but not exclusively, everyone in the LGBTQI+ community with the object of improving their conditions of life.

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £85,221, resulting in a surplus of £4,790 for the year. The trustees report that the club remains in a secure financial position with sufficient resources to meet ongoing obligations and identified no significant financial risks. Unrestricted reserves of £85,221 are noted as being above the target range of nine to twelve months of membership income.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Isabella Coombeschair
• ALLYSON MAY EVANS
• Adam Michael Knell
• Brendan Joseph McQuillan
• David Ledsham
• David Willis
• Martin Gilbraith
• Robert Minikin
• Scott Russell Inglis
• Shaun Waller

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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