THE BAR GYM

Registered charity 1181706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of community in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities and the coaching of fitness techniques and matial arts to the people of West Sussex.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND COACHING OF MARTIAL ARTS AND FITNESS FOR PEOPLE OF WEST SUSSEX

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£125k
Latest spending
£137k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £11,717 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £15,783 to £4,066. The charity operates on a voluntary donation model and does not charge membership fees, with unrestricted reserves falling significantly during the period.

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 4 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£125k£137k
31/01/2024£102k£108k
31/01/2023£88k£96k
31/01/2022£64k£25k
31/01/2021£64k£25k

Common questions

Is THE BAR GYM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £11,717 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £15,783 to £4,066. The charity operates on a voluntary donation model and does not charge membership fees, with unrestricted reserves falling significantly during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION1£25k
THE TOWN LANDS1£8k
BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARNSLEY COMMUNITY GYMNASTICS ACADEMY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BAR GYM£125k—0unclear—no doubt
BARNSLEY COMMUNITY GYMNASTICS ACADEMY FY2025£549k—0unclear—no doubt
PLYMOUTH SWALLOWS SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS FY2025£385k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH ESSEX GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED FY2025£2.0m——above—no doubt
BRITISH GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION FY2025£366k——unclear—no doubt
SOUTH DURHAM GYMNASTICS FY2025£701k—0unclear—no doubt

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