KIDSGROVE SPORTS CENTRE COMMUNITY GROUP

Registered charity 1175301 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We operate Kidsgrove Sports Centre, enabling the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the public benefit by the operation and maintenance of Kidsgrove Sports Centre. The centre provides affordable and accessible health and well-being facilities for all.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE KIDSGROVE SPORTS CENTRE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £189,462 for the year ended 23 October 2025, increasing its unrestricted funds to £906,827. The trustees report that the charity holds free reserves of £547,541, which exceeds the stated policy target of 10% of annual revenue for Year 5 onwards. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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 audited by Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd. 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 risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 23/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (98% 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: 53.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Rigbychair
• Adam Mullock
• David Lovatt
• Elsa Marlene Rodrigues dos Santos
• Natalia Stothard · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALPHA GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST.

• ALPHA GROVE COMMUNITY TRUST income £102k
• GROVE COMMUNITY PROJECT income £190k
• CATTON GROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO income £102k
• KYFFIN PLACE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £358k
• COLOMBO STREET COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE income £667k
• KINGSGROVE COMMUNITY HUB income £394k

Side by side with its peers

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