THE MEAPA

Registered charity 286732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MEAPA (PROPERTY TRUST)

THE PROVISION OF A FACILITY TO ASSIST AND PROMOTE THE SPORT OF GYMNASTICS TO ALL

Objects

TO ORGANISE OR PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION AND PROVISION OF A FACILITY WHICH WILL ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN GYMNASTICS, ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARTICIPANTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 achieved a net income of £8,657 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Unrestricted reserves stood at £506,625, with cash holdings increasing to £77,485 to meet outstanding rent obligations. The trustees report that the charity is in a stable operational position with 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

Accounts audited by Anstey Bond LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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 — The Meapa (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 3.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Priestleychair
• Leigh Anne Terry
• Lydia Louise Ings
• Rebecca Hemans
• Tarah Chiverton
• Thomas Andrew Perkins

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAPPHIRE SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS LTD.

• SAPPHIRE SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS LTD income £849k
• Sherwood Oaks Gymnastics Academy income £245k
• MANCHESTER ACADEMY OF COMMUNITY GYMNASTICS LTD income £1.0m
• PEGASUS GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED income £936k
• YORK CITY GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION income £608k
• SOUTH DURHAM GYMNASTICS income £701k

Side by side with its peers

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