GRIFFIN ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 292348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To establish and promote facilities for trampolining and gymnastics for children and young people resident in the UK in order to promote their physical, mental and spiritual well being.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE FACILITIES FOR PLAY RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG POPLE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE DONCITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL BEING.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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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Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a small surplus of £710 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £54,791. The trustees report that these reserves are sufficient to cover up to six months of operational costs, exceeding their stated policy target of two months. The charity is unincorporated and relies on session fees and fundraising, with no material uncertainties affecting 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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 11/08/2023, 42 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Lockyer
• Alice Whatley
• Jo Hinchcliffe
• Kelly Lockyer

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• THE GRIFFIN COMMUNITY TRUST income £152k
• ERDINGTON GYMNASTICS CLUB income £878k
• SANDBACH GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION income £405k
• RICHMOND GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION income £1.3m
• PINEWOOD GYMNASTICS CLUB LIMITED income £1.1m
• BRUMBY GYMNASTICS ACADEMY income £125k

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