GAMESLEY COMMUNITY GROUP

Registered charity 1208809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a sustainable community centre for the local area with an emphasis on providing sporting facilities to focus on improving physical and mental health, providing educational support primarily but not exclusive to health and nutrition, caring and improving the environment.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF GAMESLEY AND GLOSSOPDALE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£152k

Latest spending

£18k

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £134,049 at the period end, comprising £30,610 in unrestricted funds and £103,439 in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity achieved a net surplus of £134,850 for the year, with income of £152,255 against expenditure of £17,405. The trustees consider the charity to be in a stable financial position and note that unrestricted reserves of £30,610 are above their stated policy target of £25,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £25,000 to cover core costs (held: £31k)

“The trustees have reviewed the reserves policy during the year and consider that a reserve of £25,000 to cover core costs is appropriate” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gamesley Community Group (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Michael Greenwoodchair
Dawn Stevenson
JON MATTHEWS · trustee of 1 other charity
Matthew Arrigonie
Rebecca Coulson
Sarah Willett
Thomas Burns

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£152k	£18k

Common questions

Is GAMESLEY COMMUNITY GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £134,049 at the period end, comprising £30,610 in unrestricted funds and £103,439 in restricted funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity achieved a net surplus of £134,850 for the year, with income of £152,255 against expenditure of £17,405. The trustees consider the charity to be in a stable financial position and note that unrestricted reserves of £30,610 are above their stated policy target of £25,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/01/2025	£18k	Gamesley Community Programme

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£294k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£68k
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD	1	£19k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£150

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED.

MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED income £134k
SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST income £259k
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £599k
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS income £136k
HENDRED SPORTS CLUB income £214k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GAMESLEY COMMUNITY GROUP	£152k	—	above	—	no doubt
MELTHAM SPORTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP LIMITED FY2025	£134k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST FY2025	£259k	—	below	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED FY2025	£421k	—	below	—	noted
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£599k	—	above	—	no doubt
MILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE AND RECREATION GROUNDS FY2025	£136k	—	above	—	no doubt

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