South Manchester Gymnastics Centre

Analysis

South Manchester Gymnastics Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03070194). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, South Manchester Gymnastics Centre reported income of £340k and spending of £392k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £276k to £340k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, South Manchester Gymnastics Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birkenhead Community Development Committee (£339k), Swindon School of Gymnastics (£340k) and Longwood Gardens Community Centre (LCC) (£339k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.