BRITISH GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION

Charity Number: 1157747
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Current activities include: gymnastics exercise programme which is both dementia-friendly and age-friendly; hardship grants programme; sports leadership programme for parents interested in a career in sport and living in a deprived area, combined with a pre-school gymnastics course for their children; Gym Challenge in special school; gym day for Chernobyl children.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £293,339
Total expenditure: £377,855

Total income includes £86,721 from 2 government grant(s)

People

7 Trustee(s)

100 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 July 2014: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
09060595 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Alexander Colin Laybourne Chair 16 July 2021
None on record
Esther Jane Ashman Trustee 01 March 2023
None on record
Gary Tolometti Trustee 28 June 2022
None on record
Chisara Nwabara Trustee 16 July 2021
None on record
Jessica Cook Trustee 16 July 2021
None on record
David James Marshall Trustee 03 January 2020
None on record
Louise Fawcett Trustee 09 April 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £390.40k £392.03k £311.77k £372.70k £293.34k
Total expenditure £357.87k £336.67k £422.30k £444.50k £377.86k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £146.97k £162.51k N/A £143.28k £86.72k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 30 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 30 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 17 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 17 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 21 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 21 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 16 March 2022 44 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 16 March 2022 44 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 29 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 29 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 MAY 2014 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 JUN 2015 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 JAN 2018 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 MAR 2019 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 SEP 2022 as amended on 13 Nov 2023

Charitable objects

The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit: 2.1 to promote community participation in health recreation by providing facilities for participating in gymnastics and other sports ("facilities" means land, buildings, equipment and organising sporting events); 2.2 to provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation of such persons who have need for such facilities by reason of their youth, age, poverty or social or economic circumstance or for disabled people and the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life; 2.3 to advance the education of children and young people; and 2.4 to advance any other purpose that is charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales in association with sport.

Contact information

Address:
British Gymnastics
Lilleshall National Sports Centre
Lilleshall
Newport
TF10 9AT
Phone:
08451297129
Email:
theteam@britishgymnasticsfoundation.org
Website:

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