FITMUMS AND FRIENDS

Registered charity 1173919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FITMUMS & FRIENDS

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION FOR ATHLETICS, IN PARTICULAR RUNNING AND FITNESS WALKING.

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Latest income
£236k
Latest spending
£220k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £127,032, with unrestricted reserves at £44,813 and restricted reserves at £82,219. The trustees report that the charity's reserves policy requires an amount equating to 40% of annual expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves cover 31.56% of that expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 40% of annual expenditure (held: £45k)
“The Trustee Board have assessed the financial obligations of the charity and have determined that the level of reserves required by the charity should equate to 40% of annual expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of York · Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · North East Lincolnshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£236k£220k
31/12/2023£224k£175k
31/12/2022£183k£172k
31/12/2021£99k£91k
31/12/2020£83k£68k

Common questions

Is FITMUMS AND FRIENDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £127,032, with unrestricted reserves at £44,813 and restricted reserves at £82,219. The trustees report that the charity's reserves policy requires an amount equating to 40% of annual expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves cover 31.56% of that expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FITMUMS AND FRIENDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FITMUMS AND FRIENDS as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kSustainable Cities and Communities
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£3kSocial

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England05/02/2025£6kSaturday Active Club Sessions
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2025£20kLet's Get Going with Menopause
Sport England26/04/2024£199k2024 Pilot Fund
Sport England26/04/2022£2kJubilee Fund - Nordic Walking Expansion
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2022£5kForest School Bereavement Support Follow Up
Sport England29/10/2019£63kFitmums & Friends Expansion
Sport England15/06/2016£7kFitmums & Friends new groups

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FITMUMS AND FRIENDS£236k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NEW CROFT FOUNDATION FY2025£300k—0below—no doubt
MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt

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