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GATEWAY TO FMA LIMITED

Registered charity 1172454 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Fundamental Movement Academy

Gateway to FMA is a charitable organisation that offers and supports the delivery of multi sporting activities working with companies and community groups based in unit 38 Monkspath Business Park, Solihull.

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Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £259,592, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £269,241. The trustees consider the charity continues to operate within its available resources and the auditors confirmed there are 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

Audit opinion: qualified
“We noted transactions made with business interests held by the trustees during the year ended 31 March 2025, where insufficient evidence was provided to assess whether these transactions were made in the charity’s best interest. This includes irrecoverable loans valued at £22,358, as disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Irrecoverable loan to Redditch (FMA) Limited, a company owned by the trustees.
“During the year the group made a loan of £15,000 to Redditch (FMA) Limited. This resulted in a total debt of £22,358. The full amount outstanding of £22,358 was considered irrecoverable, and provided for as a bad debt.” — page 40
“During the year the Charity received a donation of £10,000 from the related company.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation received from The Trampoline League Community Interest Company, owned by the trustees.
“During the year the group made a loan of £15,000 to Redditch (FMA) Limited. This resulted in a total debt of £22,358. The full amount outstanding of £22,358 was considered irrecoverable, and provided for as a bad debt.” — page 40
“During the year the Charity received a donation of £10,000 from the related company.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Auditor issued a qualified opinion due to insufficient evidence regarding transactions with trustee-held business interests, including irrecoverable loans.
“We noted transactions made with business interests held by the trustees during the year ended 31 March 2025, where insufficient evidence was provided to assess whether these transactions were made in the charity’s best interest. This includes irrecoverable loans valued at £22,358, as disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.” — page 9
“There is no legal authority under which remuneration was given and goes against the charity’s articles of association.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Trustees were remunerated in breach of the Articles of Association.
“We noted transactions made with business interests held by the trustees during the year ended 31 March 2025, where insufficient evidence was provided to assess whether these transactions were made in the charity’s best interest. This includes irrecoverable loans valued at £22,358, as disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.” — page 9
“There is no legal authority under which remuneration was given and goes against the charity’s articles of association.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Monkspath (FMA) Limited
“Monkspath (FMA) Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales, 100% (2024: 100%). The principal activity of this company is that of sporting activities.” — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by FWC Advisory Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.6m
Reserves (reported)
£366k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2022£551k£577k
31/03/2021£150k£88k

Common questions

Is GATEWAY TO FMA LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £259,592, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £269,241. The trustees consider the charity continues to operate within its available resources and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by FWC Advisory Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/11/2021£19kCAF Loans Pilot
Sport England13/07/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£5kZoom to Fitness
Sport England15/04/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£1.6m
MAN GROUP PLC CHARITABLE TRUST1£145k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST1£54k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£50k
CINVEN FOUNDATION1£50k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£25k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED1£10k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATEWAY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GATEWAY TO FMA LIMITED£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
GATEWAY FOUNDATION FY2025£450kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
GATEWAY MINISTRIES FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
LIVERPOOL GATEWAY CENTRE FY2025£149k—0above—no doubt
CITY GATEWAY LIMITED FY2023£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
GATEWAY (EDUCATION & CHILDCARE) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£875k—0below—no doubt

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