Basingstoke Gymnastics Club

Analysis

Basingstoke Gymnastics Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hants. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02866118). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Basingstoke Gymnastics Club reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £890k to £1.6m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Basingstoke Gymnastics Club sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middlesex County Football Association Limited (£1.6m), The Warwickshire Cricket Foundation (£1.6m) and Bridport and West Dorset Sports Trust Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, trading 10% and donations and legacies 5.8%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.2%. Reserves of £216k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 75 people.